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Item 1: Opening and feeding the cotton, first process in making cotton cloth, White Oak Mills, Greensboro, N.C., 1907

 File — Box: 8, Folder: 5

Scope and Contents

Black-and-white image shows workmen adding batches of cotton into automatic feeders made by the Kitson Machine Co., Lowell, Mass. An automatic feeder is a kind of opening machine for processing cotton that ordinarily has already been through a bale breaker, or which has not been highly compressed. Its main objects are to further open and clean the cotton and maintain a uniform flow to the succeeding machine. The worker in the foreground appears to be African American. From the "Perfec" Stereograph (Trade Mark). North Bennington, Vt.: H.C. White Co. 18 x 8.5 cm.

Format: Stereoptic print.

Dates

  • 1907

Language of Materials

Collection material in English, French, German, Italian, Spanish, Russian

Conditions Governing Access

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Extent

6.33 cubic feet

Repository Details

Part of the Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives Repository

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