Item 4: Close-up showing card sliver being fed into cotton drawing machines
Scope and Contents
Gelatin silver print, ca. 1918. Black and white image shows cotton slivers being fed into drawing machines ("machine used . to improve the uniformity of the sliver and to arrange the fibers more nearly in parallel order"). Six slivers enter as a group, but are then combined into one bigger sliver and then coiled into a can on the opposite side of the machine. See Item 5, in this folder, for a virtually identical image. 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
Access to the collections in the Kheel Center is restricted. Please contact a reference archivist for access to these materials.
Extent
6.33 cubic feet
Repository Details
Part of the Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives Repository