Item 1: A tour through Messrs Lupton and Co's Woollen Mills, Leeds. 1773-1958:fulling

Black and white image depicts a man working at the fulling stocks in Lupton & Co.'s woolen mill in Leeds, England. Printed on reverse: "The lengths of loosely woven woollen cloth were soaked in a special solution and pounded under huge hammers called 'fulling stocks.' This fulling, as it was known, caused the cloth to shrink by almost a third, and as a result, it became much thicker and more weatherproof." Number seven in a series of eight. Postcard by Armley Mills, Leeds Museum of Science and Industry. Printed by E. T. W. Dennis & Sons Ltd., Scarborough, England. This postcard was printed in 1982 as the Leeds Museum of Science and Industry was created in 1982, but the image probably dates from an earlier period. ca. 1982. 15 x 10 cm.

Format: Postcard.