Item 6: Drawing and speeders' room, cotton mill, Augusta, Ga., 1892

Black and white image shows rows of drawing frames. Cotton fibers (called slivers) are being fed from the cans on the floor into the drawing frame, whose function is to improve the uniformity of the sliver and arrange the fibers more nearly in parallel order. In general, six slivers are fed into each frame. Speeder is a term that refers to the third roving frame in a series of frames; they are somewhat visible in the background. There were ten cotton mills in Augusta in 1892, the date of this image. Washington, D.C.: J. F. Jarvis, Publisher; sold by Underwood & Underwood. 17.75 x 8.5 cm.

Format: Stereoptic print.