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This Perspective View of a Bleach Green taken in the County of Downe, Shewing the methods of Wet & Dry Bleaching, and the outside View of a Bleach Mill, on the most approved construction, ATHM# 1111.768.9, 1783

 Item — mapcase folder: 1

Scope and Contents

Plate X. Engraving. Image shows cloth laid out on a village green (regularly watered, this was wet bleaching) with workers soaking the cloth in a trough; bleach mill visible on side of river; young couple in foreground.

Dates

  • 1783

Language of Materials

Collection material in English

Conditions Governing Access

From the Collection:

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Extent

0.11 cubic feet

Format:

Graphics

Repository Details

Part of the Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives Repository

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