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Contains 245 Results:

Item 11: Carding room

 File — Box: 8, Folder: 8
Scope and Contents

Black and white image shows rows of carding machines, power driven. Location of mill is unknown. ca. 1880s. 17.5 x 8.5 cm.

Format: Stereoptic print.

Dates: 1842-2003

Item 12: Carding room, Fall River, Mass.

 File — Box: 8, Folder: 8
Scope and Contents

Black-and-white image shows rows of power-driven carding machines. A workman is visible in the center of the image. Fall River location is suggested by the publisher. Published by Joseph W. Warren, No. 2 High Street, Fall River, Mass. ca. 1870s. 17.5 x 8.5 cm.

Format: Stereoptic print.

Dates: 1842-2003

Item 13: The Carding Room, great Olympian [sic] Cotton Mills, Columbia, S.C.

 File — Box: 8, Folder: 8
Scope and Contents

The Carding Room, great Olympian [sic] Cotton Mills, Columbia, S.C. Black-and-white image shows rows of power-driven carding machines. Several male employees stand near their machines. Additional information is on reverse side. New York: Underwood & Underwood, ca. 1900-1914. 17.75 x 8.75 cm.

Format: Stereoptic print.

Dates: 1842-2003

Item 14: Carding room, White Oak Mills, Greensboro, N.C., 1907

 File — Box: 8, Folder: 8
Scope and Contents

Black and white image shows rows of power-driven carding machines, where the laps (rolls) are put into slivers (loose, soft untwisted strands of fibers). A male worker stands in front of the machine in the foreground. Chicago, Ill.: H.C. White Co. 17.75 x 8.75 cm.

Format: Stereoptic print.

Dates: 1907

Item 15: The carding room in a cotton mill, Augusta, Ga., 1901

 File — Box: 8, Folder: 8
Scope and Contents

The carding room in a cotton mill, Augusta, Ga. Black-and-white image shows rows of power-driven carding machines. The cotton is delivered by the machines in slivers, which are collected in the cans seen in front of the row of machines on the right. The exact mill is unknown. North Bennington, Vt.: Published by H.C. White Company. 17.75 x 8.75 cm.

Format: Stereoptic print.

Dates: 1901

Item 16: Carding room, Continental Mills, Lewiston, Maine

 File — Box: 8, Folder: 8
Scope and Contents

Black-and-white image shows rows of power- driven carding machines. The Continental Mills were incorporated in 1866. Lewiston, Me.: Published by Rideout & McFadden, ca. 1870s. 17.5 x 8.5 cm.

Format: Stereoptic print.

Dates: 1842-2003

Item 17: Interior of cotton mill, Lowell, Mass.

 File — Box: 8, Folder: 8
Scope and Contents

Black-and-white image shows top of cotton carding machine (in bottom of image) and drawing frames in background. Exact mill is unknown. ca. 1890 17.5 x 8.5 cm.

Format: Stereoptic print.

Dates: 1842-2003

Item 18: Interior of a Lowell, Massachusetts, Cotton Mill-Carding Room, 1909

 File — Box: 8, Folder: 8
Scope and Contents

Color image shows the slivers of wool pouring into cans after going through carding machines. Several male employees are posed by equipment. Reichner Bros., publishers, Boston, Munchen, Leipzig. Made in Germany. Postmarked Oct. 6, 1909, in Lowell, Mass. 14 x 9 cm.

Format: Postcard.

Dates: 1909

Item 19: Carding Cotton, Dallas Cotton Mills, Dallas, Texas, 1905

 File — Box: 8, Folder: 8
Scope and Contents

Black-and-white image shows rows of power-driven carding machines. A male worker tends to the machine in the foreground. Additional details are on the reverse side. Meadville, Pa.: Keystone View Company. 17.5 x 9 cm.

Format: Stereoptic print.

Dates: 1905

Item 20: Carding room, cotton mills, Orizaba, Mexico

 File — Box: 8, Folder: 8
Scope and Contents

Carding room, cotton mills, Orizaba, Mexico. Black- and-white image shows two rows of carding machines. Cotton rolls (laps) are visible on the right. The purpose of carding is to make the cotton fibers lie parallel to each other. Additional information, particularly about cotton production in Mexico, is on the reverse. Meadville, Pa.: Published by Keystone View Company, ca. 1913. 18 x 8.5 cm.

Format: Stereoptic print.

Dates: 1842-2003