Box 12
Contains 155 Results:
Item 19: Bale breakers
Gelatin silver print, ca. 1918. Black and white image shows male workers placing bales of cotton into bale breakers. Two of the workers are in the process of placing cotton into the breakers, and the third worker appears to be in the process of maneuvering a cotton-carrying cart. See Items 10 and 20, in this folder, for virtually identical images. 18 x 9 cm.
Format: Stereoptic print.
Item 20: Bale breakers
Gelatin silver print, ca. 1918. Black and white image shows male workers placing bales of cotton into bale breakers. Two of the workers are in the process of placing cotton into the breakers, and the third worker appears to be in the process of maneuvering a cotton-carrying cart. See Items 10 and 19, in this folder, for virtually identical images. 18 x 9 cm.
Format: Stereoptic print.
Item 21: Cotton in picker room [bale breakers]
Gelatin silver print, ca. 1918. Black and white image shows two male workers in the picker room, surrounded by bales of cotton. One man is placing a bale into a bale breaker (in the background), and the other man appears to be seated atop a different bale (in the foreground). There are what appears to be more bale breakers in the background. See Items 9 and 22, in this folder, for virtually identical images. 18 x 9 cm.
Format: Stereoptic print.
Item 22: Cotton in picker room [bale breakers]
Gelatin silver print, ca. 1918. Black and white image shows two male workers in the picker room, surrounded by bales of cotton. One man is placing a bale into a bale breaker (in the background), and the other man appears to be seated atop a different bale (in the foreground). There are what appears to be more bale breakers in the background. See Items 9 and 21, in this folder, for virtually identical images. 18 x 9 cm.
Format: Stereoptic print.
Item 23: Examining cotton samples for grade (cleanliness)
Item 24: Cotton after cleaning
Gelatin silver print, ca. 1918. Black and white image shows mound of clean cotton next to a pile of dirt and waste that had been removed during the picking process. 18 x 9 cm.
Format: Stereoptic print.
Item 1: Extreme closeup of delivery end of cotton card, 1916
Item 2: Carded cotton sliver, 1916
Gelatin silver print. Black and white image shows many carded cotton slivers (cotton "ropes" that have gone through a carding machine) standing in roving cans, which are about three feet high. The cotton card delivers the slivers into the roving cans, which should more accurately be termed sliver cans. See Item 3, in this folder, for an image of a female worker standing amidst all these cans. 18 x 9 cm.
Format: Stereoptic print.
Item 3: Female worker with carded cotton sliver
Gelatin silver print, ca. 1918. Black and white image shows a female worker standing among many roving cans containing carded cotton slivers (cotton "ropes" that have gone through a carding machine). The card delivers the sliver into the cans, which are about three feet high and should more accurately be termed sliver cans. See Item 2, in this folder, for an image of these slivers without the worker. 18 x 9 cm.
Format: Stereoptic print.
Item 4: Card sliver as coiled in the can
Gelatin silver print, ca. 1918. Black and white image shows a segment of coiled cotton sliver ("rope of fibers"). The card delivers the sliver into a roving can, which helps form the cylindrical shape seen here. 18 x 9 cm. Copy A.
Format: Stereoptic print.