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Box 12

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Contains 155 Results:

Item 4: Measuring length of cotton staple

 File — Box: 12, Folder: 2
Scope and Contents

Gelatin silver print, ca. 1918. Black and white image shows a close-up of a man's hands as he uses a small ruler to measure a cotton fiber (staple). The staple looks to be about 1.25". 18 x 9 cm.

Format: Stereoptic print.

Dates: 1842-2003

Item 5: Classing cotton samples for length of staple

 File — Box: 12, Folder: 2
Scope and Contents Gelatin silver print, ca. 1918. Black and white image shows a male worker in the process of measuring the length of cotton fibers (staple) before assigning the cotton to a group based on the measurement (classing). In front of and behind him are tables covered with cotton that is to be inspected or already has been. The measurements are likely written on the man's clipboard. See Item 3, in this folder, for a nearly identical copy of this image, and Item 2, in this folder, for another view of...
Dates: 1842-2003

Item 6: Inspecting cotton

 File — Box: 12, Folder: 2
Scope and Contents

Gelatin silver print, ca. 1918. Black and white image shows a male worker gently pulling a staple of cotton from both ends to facilitate inspection. There are many bundles of cotton in the background that have yet to be inspected or already have been. See Item 7, in this folder, for an almost identical image. 18 x 9 cm.

Format: Stereoptic print.

Dates: 1842-2003

Item 7: Inspecting cotton

 File — Box: 12, Folder: 2
Scope and Contents

Gelatin silver print, ca. 1918. Black and white image shows a male worker gently pulling a staple of cotton from both ends to facilitate inspection. There are many bundles of cotton in the background that have yet to be inspected or already have been. See Item 6, in this folder, for an almost identical image. 18 x 9 cm.

Format: Stereoptic print.

Dates: 1842-2003

Cotton

 File — Box: 12, Folder: 1
Scope and Contents From the Series:

Stereoscopic images organized numerically by ATHM "TT" subject headings.

Dates: 1842-2003

Fiber Preparation

 File — Box: 12, Folder: 2
Scope and Contents From the Series:

Stereoscopic images organized numerically by ATHM "TT" subject headings.

Dates: 1842-2003

Carding

 File — Box: 12, Folder: 3
Scope and Contents From the Series:

Stereoscopic images organized numerically by ATHM "TT" subject headings.

Dates: 1842-2003

Roving

 File — Box: 12, Folder: 4
Scope and Contents From the Series:

Stereoscopic images organized numerically by ATHM "TT" subject headings.

Dates: 1842-2003

Spinning

 File — Box: 12, Folder: 5
Scope and Contents From the Series:

Stereoscopic images organized numerically by ATHM "TT" subject headings.

Dates: 1842-2003

Twisting

 File — Box: 12, Folder: 6
Scope and Contents From the Series:

Stereoscopic images organized numerically by ATHM "TT" subject headings.

Dates: 1842-2003