Item 1: Top view of cotton drawing frame

Gelatin silver print. ca. 1916. Black and white image shows the "[t]op view of [a] cotton drawing frame." A drawing frame is the "machine used . to improve the uniformity of the sliver and to arrange the fibers more nearly in parallel order." Six cotton slivers can be seen as they make their way from their individual coils (right-side of image), through the drawing frame, and into a hole where the six strands are merged into one. 18 x 9 cm.

Format: Stereoptic print.