Box 12
Contains 155 Results:
Item 1: Variation in length of staple in American cotton
Gelatin silver print. ca. 1916. Black and white image shows six samples of cotton arranged in two columns. The samples appear to be slightly stretched horizontally. These samples range from 7/8" to 1 3/8". See Item 2, in this folder, for a virtually identical image. 18 x 9 cm.
Format: Stereoptic print.
Item 2: Variation in length of staple in American cotton
Gelatin silver print, ca. 1918. Black and white image shows six samples of cotton arranged in two columns. The samples appear to be slightly stretched horizontally. These samples range from 7/8" to 1 3/8". See Item 1, in this folder, for a virtually identical image. These samples range from 7/8" to 1 3/8". 18 x 9 cm.
Format: Stereoptic print.
Item 3: Cotton boll
Gelatin silver print, ca. 1918. Black and white image shows a cotton boll that has a small amount of stem still attached. 18 x 9 cm.
Format: Stereoptic print.
Item 4: Cotton bolls as picked from the cotton plant
Gelatin silver print, ca. 1918. Black and white image shows six cotton bolls that are still attached to bits of stem. 18 x 9 cm.
Format: Stereoptic print.
Item 5: Bale of cotton
Gelatin silver print, ca. 1918. Black and white image shows a roughly 500 pound bale of cotton being held upright by a wooden support. The bale is wrapped in burlap, but the cotton is spilling out of some rips in the covering. See Item 8, in this folder, for a virtually identical image. 18 x 9 cm.
Format: Stereoptic print.
Item 6: Bale of cotton and male worker
Gelatin silver print, ca. 1918. Black and white image shows a male worker standing by a bale of raw cotton, which weighs about 500 pounds. The bale is wrapped in burlap, but the cotton is spilling out of some rips in the covering. See also Item 9, in this folder, for another image of this worker. 18 x 9 cm.
Format: Stereoptic print.
Cotton
Stereoscopic images organized numerically by ATHM "TT" subject headings.
Fiber Preparation
Stereoscopic images organized numerically by ATHM "TT" subject headings.
Carding
Stereoscopic images organized numerically by ATHM "TT" subject headings.
Roving
Stereoscopic images organized numerically by ATHM "TT" subject headings.