Item 14: No. 14. Weave room, White Oak Cotton Mills, Greensboro, N.C., 1909

H.C. White Co., N. Bennington, Vt. Gelatin silver print. No. 14 in a set of 25 stereocards. Text on reverse: "The sheet of warp threads unwinds from the loom beam, receives the filling threads and is wound into a roll of cloth at the front of the loom. The White Oak Weave Room contains 2,000 looms. It is 904 feet long by 180 feet wide, (about four acres), and is the largest single weave room in the world. Overhead is the roof, which forms one vast skylight, being of what is known as saw-tooth construction. The vertical sides of the teeth all face due North and are formed of ribbed glass, which affords the most perfect light to every section of the room." The White Oak Cotton Mills made denim. 17.75 x 8.75 cm.

Format: Stereoptic print.