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Item 6: The Lapper Room--cotton from feeders is cleaned and rolled, White Oak [Cotton] Mills, Greensboro, N.C., 1907

 File — Box: 8, Folder: 7

Scope and Contents

Black-and-white image shows rows of lappers in which the cotton from the feeders is cleaned and rolled into rolls of cotton batting known as laps. Several of these are doubled and drawn into one so as to get the weight of each yard as uniform as possible. Male workers stand by the lappers. North Bennington, Vt.: H.C. White Co. 18 x 8.75 cm.

Format: Stereoptic print.

Dates

  • 1907

Language of Materials

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

Conditions Governing Access

From the Collection:

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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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