Item 5: Carding, 1952

Gelatin silver print. Image depicts wool carding machines in operation. There is a large bin of wool in the foreground. Text: "Carding. The scoured wool or mohair is placed into hoppers from which predetermined amounts are passed through a series of wire-covered cylinders. These cylinders turn at high speed in opposite directions, thereby straightening and paralleling the fibers so that they can be formed into a thin web. This web, condensed, results in a heavy sliver of parallel fibers." 25 x 20.5 cm. (w/out mount); 26.5 x 20.5 cm. (w/mount).