Item 15: Unknown operation, El Paso Cotton Mills, El Paso, Texas

Gelatin silver print, 193-?. Image depicts a room in the El Paso Cotton Mills (El Paso Cotton Mills Company) in El Paso, Texas, but it is unclear what the machinery in the room is for. There are a number of reeds stacked against the wall and possibly extra spindles or bobbins in the open cabinet in the back, but the use of the machine in the center is unknown. The sign on the back wall, on the left, reads "Do Not Spit on the Floors Use Cuspidors." 25.5 x 19.5 cm. (w/out backing); 27.75 x 19.5 cm. (w/backing).