Item 1: Trucking picker laps to carding room
Scope and Contents
Gelatin silver print. ca. 1916. Black and white image shows a male worker maneuvering two picker lap ("sheet[s] of . fiber . rolled under pressure into a cylindrical package") encumbered trolleys into a carding room. There is another male worker far in the background of the imagethe carding roomand he appears to be monitoring or operating the machines within. A clock on the wall and sunlight through a window reveals that it was roughly 10:55 a.m. when the picture was taken. 18 x 9 cm.
Format: Stereoptic print.
Dates
- 1842-2003
Language of Materials
Collection material in English, French, German, Italian, Spanish, Russian
Conditions Governing Access
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Extent
6.33 cubic feet
Repository Details
Part of the Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives Repository