Item 2: Drawing frames

Gelatin silver print, ca. 1918. Black and white image shows a female worker handling a cotton sliver as it is being fed into a drawing frame ("machine used . to improve the uniformity of the sliver and to arrange the fibers more nearly in parallel order"). The sliver held by the worker, along with many other slivers, are being fed into the drawing frame. Groups of six slivers are combined into one bigger sliver and then coiled into cans on the opposite side of the drawing frame; the cans are visible at the bottom-right of the image. This worker can also be seen in Item 3 and 8, in this folder, although not as clearly. 18 x 9 cm.

Format: Stereoptic print.