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Item 37: Slashing or starching the warp, Dallas Cotton Mills, Dallas, Texas, 1905

 File — Box: 10, Folder: 2

Scope and Contents

Black-and-white image depicts a male textile worker operating a slasher. The work of the slasher is to pass the yarn, or warp as it is now called, through a starch box, dry it, and rewind it onto a loom beam (seen here in the foreground). Meadville, Pa.: Keystone View Company. 18 x 9 cm.

Format: Stereoptic print.

Dates

  • 1905

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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