Item 19: Cotton card--feed end

Gelatin silver print, ca. 1918. Black and white image shows a row of carding machines (machines that separate fibers into "individual relationship[s]") 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. The carding machines are not visible here, just a row of picker laps about to be fed into the carding machines. 18 x 9 cm.

Format: Stereoptic print.