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Item 2: Carded cotton sliver, 1916

 File — Box: 12, Folder: 3

Scope and Contents

Gelatin silver print. Black and white image shows many carded cotton slivers (cotton "ropes" that have gone through a carding machine) standing in roving cans, which are about three feet high. The cotton card delivers the slivers into the roving cans, which should more accurately be termed sliver cans. See Item 3, in this folder, for an image of a female worker standing amidst all these cans. 18 x 9 cm.

Format: Stereoptic print.

Dates

  • 1916

Language of Materials

Collection material in English, French, German, Italian, Spanish, Russian

Conditions Governing Access

From the Collection:

Access to the collections in the Kheel Center is restricted. Please contact a reference archivist for access to these materials.

Extent

6.33 cubic feet

Repository Details

Part of the Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives Repository

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