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Item 20: Close-up view of slubbings

 File — Box: 12, Folder: 4

Scope and Contents

Gelatin silver print, ca. 1918. Black and white image shows a male worker as he pushes a cart containing multiple slubbings, which are bulkier rovings ("continuous, soft, slightly twisted strand of fibers"). Behind him and his cart are rows of slubber roving frames and cans of cotton slivers. See Item 13, in this folder, for a virtually identical image; Item 17, in this folder, for a wider angle of this image; this worker is also visible in Item 11, in this folder. 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

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