Item 4: Tourcoing, Cardeuse

Black-and-white image of a wool carding machine in a mill in the city of Tourcoing, France. A workman is removing the spool in the center; jack spools (to right) are ready for spinning. A jack spool is a large wooden spool upon which the woolen roping is wound after it leaves the tape condenser section of a card. A tape condenser is the delivery section on a card in the woolen system. Its function is to split the doffer web into numerous narrow stripps, condense these into ropings and wind them on a jack spool. A basket of what appears to be raw wool is in the background. [France] ca. 1910. 14 x 9 cm.

Format: Postcard.