Item 11: Close-up view of cotton being fed into a card

Gelatin silver print, ca. 1918. Black and white image shows cotton from a cotton lap ("continuous, . compressed, sheet of fibrous material . rolled into a cylindrical package") being fed into a card (a machine that separates fibers into "individual relationship[s]"), where the cotton is carded between the brush-like wire points. The full lap on the top will most likely be swung down into the bottom position for feeding, once the bottom lap has been fed into the card. See Item 10, in this folder, for a very similar image, and Items 13 and 18, in this folder, for a wider view. 18 x 9 cm.

Format: Stereoptic print.