Item 13: No. 13. Slashers, White Oak Cotton Mills, Greensboro, N.C., 1909

H.C. White Co., N. Bennington, Vt. Gelatin silver print. No. 13 in a set of 25 stereocards. Text on reverse: "From the Beaming Frames the warps are taken to machines known as Slashers, where they are sized or stiffened to enable them to stand the chafing at the looms incidental to the process of weaving. The Slasher Beams are placed in an iron frame at the back of the slashers and unwound together through the machine. With them some additional threads of white yarn are unwound at either side to form the selvage of the cloth." The White Oak Cotton Mills made denim. 17.75 x 8.75 cm.

Format: Stereoptic print.