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Item 27: A tour through Messrs Lupton and Co's Woolen Mills, Leeds, 1773-1958: carding

 File — Box: 8, Folder: 8

Scope and Contents

Black-and-white image depicts two rows of carding machines with a worker standing in front of one in the background. Each machine consists of a number of rollers covered in millions of wire spikes designed to draw out the wool fibre in preparation for spinning. Postcard by Armley Mills, Leeds Museum of Science and Industry. Printed by E. T. W. Dennis & Sons Ltd., Scarborough, England. This postcard was likely printed in 1982 as the Leeds Museum of Science and Industry was created in 1982, but the image probably dates from an earlier period. 15 x 10.5 cm.

Format: Postcard.

Dates

  • 1842-2003

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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