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Stockton, Calif. Black-and-white image shows male workers sorting wool; large bags of wool and piles of wool visible on floor. Dated and postmarked Mar. 11, 1910 in Stockton, Calif. Addressed to Mr. E.H. Tryon in San Francisco with a note including "This is a picture of some of Cornings choice Fall wools." 14 x 8.5 cm.

Format: Postcard.

Scope and Contents Black-and-white image shows workmen adding batches of cotton into automatic feeders made by the Kitson Machine Co., Lowell, Mass. An automatic feeder is a kind of opening machine for processing cotton that ordinarily has already been through a bale breaker, or which has not been highly compressed. Its main objects are to further open and clean the cotton and maintain a uniform flow to the succeeding machine. The worker in the foreground appears to be African American. From the "Perfec"...

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Black-and-white image shows row of five automatic feeders, manufactured by the Kitson Machine Company, Lowell, Mass. Each machine is filled with cotton; the purpose of automatic feeders is to further open and clean the cotton. No location given. Meadville, Pa.: Keystone View Company, ca. 1900-1920. 17.75 x 8.5 cm.

Format: Stereoptic print.

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Black-and-white image shows a row of cotton openers. The cleaned cotton is displayed at the edge of machine in the foreground. The opener loosens the lumps of cotton and removes impurities that remain after the ginning. Meadville, Pa.: Keystone View Company. 18 x 8.75 cm.

Format: Stereoptic print.

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Promotional postcard advertised the Steel Feeder Apron as "Standard Equipment in almost 400 Textile Plants." The Sjostrom Machine Co. was located in the Everett Mills in Lawrence, Mass. Postmarked July 13, 1945 in Lawrence; addressed to the Universal Shoddy Co. in Worcester, Mass.; however the Sjostrom Machine Co. first appears in the Lawrence directories in 1940. 9 x 13.75 cm.

Format: Postcard.

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Black-and-white image shows row of carding machines in the S.E. Clifton & Co. mill. S.E. Clifton & Co. opened in Cohoes in 1892 and made knit underwear. Photographer's name is obscured by the pasted photograph. ca. 1892-1899. 17.75 x 8.5 cm.

Format: Stereoptic print.

Scope and Contents Black-and-white image shows workman guiding cotton as it comes out of the opening machine, where the fibers were opened and impurities remaining from gin were removed. The result is a uniform blend of fibers. Printed on the reverse: "Alabama Textile Industry. Some of the world's largest and most modern textile mills are located in Alabama. Employing 54,000 people the industry is one of the state's three largest. This picture shows cotton from different bales being put through the opening...

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Black-and-white image shows African American women handling cotton, one of whom carries a basket filled with cotton on her head. Cotton appears to be spread out on the floor to dry and a ladder enables more cotton to be spread along the roof. Two white men stand observing the work. Image is quite faded. Littleton, New Hampshire: Photographed and published by Kilburn Brothers. 18 x 8.75 cm.

Format: Stereoptic print.

Scope and Contents Black-and-white image shows male worker feeding batches of material through a blower machine. Another man stands on the right. Printed on the reverse: "The various colours of dyed wool were blended by passing them time and time again through this large blower, in the Willey House." Number three in a series of eight by Armley Mills, Leeds Museum of Science and Industry. Printed by E. T. W. Dennis & Sons, Ltd., Scarborough. This postcard was likely printed in 1982 as the Leeds Museum of...

Scope and Contents Black-and-white image shows a workman standing by a series of picking machines, as cotton is guided through multiple stages of picking. The workman stands next to a series of picker laps; a picker lap is the product delivered by the picker and used to feed the card. It is a continuous, considerably compressed sheet of cotton (or other fiber) which is rolled under pressure into a cylindrical package. The message on the reverse indicates this is No. 2 of the cotton spinning process. "Devil" is...