Box 8

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Black-and-white image showing two young Asian women, both holding trays of silkworms. Printed on reverse of card: "Souvenir card. Silk Production Exhibit - Hong Kong Section, British Empire Exhibition Wembley, showing methods used on the farms owned by Sir Robert and Lady Ho Tung in the New Territory at Kowloon." Raphael Tuck & Sons, Ltd., London. Printed in England. ca. 1924-1925. 14 x 9 cm.

Format: Postcard.

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Black-and-white image of two Asian women removing silk from cocoons. Printed on reverse of card: "Souvenir card. Silk Production Exhibit - Hong Kong Section, British Empire Exhibition Wembley, showing methods used on the farms owned by Sir Robert and Lady Ho Tung in the New Territory at Kowloon." Raphael Tuck & Sons, Ltd., London. Printed in England. ca. 1924-1925. 14 x 9 cm.

Format: Postcard.

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Black-and-white image of two Asian women winding silk threads on the winders in the background. Printed on reverse of card: "Souvenir card. Silk Production Exhibit - Hong Kong Section, British Empire Exhibition Wembley, showing methods used on the farms owned by Sir Robert and Lady Ho Tung in the New Territory at Kowloon." Raphael Tuck & Sons, Ltd., London. Printed in England. ca. 1924-1925. 14 x 9 cm.

Format: Postcard.

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Black-and-white image of two Asian women making silk stockings. Printed on reverse of card: "Souvenir card. Silk Production Exhibit - Hong Kong Section, British Empire Exhibition Wembley, showing methods used on the farms owned by Sir Robert and Lady Ho Tung in the New Territory at Kowloon." Raphael Tuck & Sons, Ltd., London. Printed in England. ca. 1924-1925. 14 x 9 cm.

Format: Postcard.

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Color image of California silkworms crawling and feeding on mulberry leaves. Copyright 1907 by Curtis Silk Farms, Los Angeles, Cal. Published by Newman Post Card Co., Los Angeles, Cal. Made in Germany. Postmarked January 8, 1914. 13.5 x 8.75 cm.

Format: Postcard.

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Image of a man traveling down a street atop an ox, which is pulling a cart loaded with manila hemp to the wharf. Printed on the reverse in English, French, German, Spanish, Swedish, and Russian: "A load of 'Manila Hemp' at Cebu, Philippine Islands." New York: Underwood & Underwood, ca. 1900-1920. 17.75 x 8.75 cm.

Format: Stereoptic print.

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Underwood & Underwood, Publishers. Image of workers in the process of making rope outdoors, some of which is stretched across frames and some of which is spooled. Several children look on. Printed on reverse in English, French, German, Spanish, Swedish, and Russian: "Making the famous 'Manila' Rope, in Manila, Philippine Islands. New York: Underwood & Underwood, ca. 1900-1920. 17.75 x 9 cm.

Format: Stereoptic print.

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Image of man in hemp swamp, chopping down large hemp plants with a scythe. Several plants lay on the ground beside him. Carter's Series No. 23. Printed in Great Britain. [no earlier than 1902] 8.75 x 14 cm.

Format: Postcard.

Scope and Contents Image of four male workers in Cebu, P.I., drying manila hemp in the open air. Many piles of hemp are seen drying on the ground in the foreground, with workers holding hemp in the background. Docks and several boats are visible in the background. Manila hemp is made from the fiber of a wild plantain that closely resembles the edible banana plant. After workers scrape pulp from the fiber, the fiber is wound around a stick. It is then dried in the sun for at least 5 hours, baled, and is ready...

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Image of a row of female factory workers tending to the machinery in a hemp preparing room. A male looks on as they work. Unmanned machinery is visible in the foreground. Carter's Series, No. 34. Printed in Great Britain. [no earlier than 1902] 13.75 x. 8.75 cm.

Format: Postcard.