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Black-and-white image shows carding machines in background. In foreground on left, slivers are being delivered into cans. One male and two women workers are visible, the women behind the machinery in the left foreground. Lawrence, Mass.: A. B. Hamor, 271 Essex Street, ca. 1872-1880. 17.5 x 8.5 cm. Copy B.

Format: Stereoptic print.

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Stereoscopic Views, made and for sale, wholesale and retail, by Joseph W. Warren, No. 2 High Street, Fall River, Mass. Gelatin silver print, ca. 1880s. Black and white image shows a man standing among rows of carding machines. 17.5 x 8.5 cm.

Format: Stereoptic print.

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Haverhill, Mass.: Anderson, ca. 1890. Gelatin silver print. Black and white image shows carding machines in the intermediate stage of carding in the Stevens & Co. mill in Haverhill, Mass. (formerly known as the Haverhill Flannel Factory). 17.75 x 10 cm.

Format: Stereoptic print.

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Haverhill, Mass.: Anderson, ca. 1890. Gelatin silver print. Black and white image shows a row of carding machines in the Stevens & Co. mill in Haverhill, Mass. (formerly known as the Haverhill Flannel Factory). 17.75 x 10 cm.

Format: Stereoptic print.

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Black-and-white image shows carding machines in background. In foreground on left, slivers are being delivered into cans. One male and two women workers are visible, the women behind the machinery in the left foreground. Lawrence, Mass.: A. B. Hamor, 271 Essex Street, ca. 1872-1880. 17.75 x 8.75 cm. Copy A.

Format: Stereoptic print.

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