Item 3: Female worker with carded cotton sliver
File — Box: 12, Folder: 3
Scope and Contents
Gelatin silver print, ca. 1918. Black and white image shows a female worker standing among many roving cans containing carded cotton slivers (cotton "ropes" that have gone through a carding machine). The card delivers the sliver into the cans, which are about three feet high and should more accurately be termed sliver cans. See Item 2, in this folder, for an image of these slivers without the worker. 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
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
Contact:
227 Ives Hall
Ithaca NY 14853
227 Ives Hall
Ithaca NY 14853