Item 12: No. 12. Beaming frames, White Oak Cotton Mills, Greensboro, N.C., 1909

H.C. White Co., N. Bennington, Vt. Gelatin silver print. No. 12 in a set of 25 stereocards. Text on reverse: "After being dyed, the warps are washed and then passed through drying machinery, from which they are delivered in coils. These are brought to the beaming frames, where they are again spread out into sheets of parallel threads, passed through the teeth of a steel comb which separates the threads and prevents tangling, and in this form they are wound on huge iron spools knowns as Slasher Beams." The White Oak Cotton Mills made denim. 17.75 x 8.75 cm.

Format: Stereoptic print.