Item 2: Picker laps being weighed for quality control, North Carolina, 1947

Black-and-white image shows workman moving a roll of partially processed cotton (known as a lap) to a scale for checking weight before going on to the next process. Other rolls are lined up to be weighed. Nearby wall calendar is dated April 1947. Printed on reverse: "North Carolina's textile industry. North Carolina is the country's leading textile producing state with over 400 modern mills employing 220,000 people--about 60 per cent of all the industrial workers in the state. Textile payrolls amount to over 430 million dollars a year. This picture shows rolls of partially processed cotton (known as laps) being checked for weight before going on to the next process." A "Colourpicture" publication, Boston, Mass. 14 x 8.75 cm.

Format: Postcard.