Item 5: Cropping the finished Fabric

Black and white image shows men working in a room filled with shearing machines. A shearing machine shears cloth by mechanically trimming the projecting fibers from the surface of a cloth. The cutting action is provided by means of a roller on which are spirally mounted a number of steel blades. This rotates in close contact with a fixed ledger blade, the cloth passing between the two. The location of this mill is unknown. Carter's Series No. 58. Printed in Britain. [no earlier than 1902] 14 x 9 cm.

Format: Postcard.