Item 16: General view in cotton carding room

Gelatin silver print, ca. 1918. Black and white image shows the carding room, where a row of carding machines (machines that separate fibers into "individual relationship[s]") are visible from the feed end (front view). The cotton laps ("continuous, . compressed, sheet of fibrous material . rolled into a cylindrical package") are being fed into the machines, where it is carded between the brush-like wire points. Two male workers are in the room as well: one is placing a new picker lap on a machine, and the other is maneuvering a picker lap trolley. 18 x 9 cm. Copy A.

Format: Stereoptic print.