Item 5: 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 4, in this folder, for a virtually identical image, only slightly closer. 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
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Extent
6.33 cubic feet
Repository Details
Part of the Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives Repository
227 Ives Hall
Ithaca NY 14853