Box 12

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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 B.

Format: Stereoptic print.

Scope and Contents Gelatin silver print, ca. 1918. Black and white image shows a sliver ("rope of fibers") of cotton being formed from a picker lap ("compressed sheet of cotton . rolled under pressure into a cylindrical package") by a revolving flat card (a machine that spins the picker lap to separate fibers into "individual relationship[s]"). The individual strands of cotton look like a web as they are pulled from the picker lap, but then come together to form what looks like a solid cotton rope about 1" in...

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Photographed and Published by Kilburn Brothers, Littleton, New Hampshire ca. 1900. View down expanse of machinery. 17.75 x 8.75 cm.

Format: Stereoptic print.

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Photographed and Published by Kilburn Brothers, Lilttleton, New Hampshire ca. 1900. View down long line of machinery. 17 x 8 cm.

Format: Stereoptic print.

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Photographed and Published by Kilburn Brothers, Littleton, New Hampshire ca. 1900. View across expanse of carding machinery. 17 x 8 cm.

Format: Stereoptic print.

Scope and Contents Gelatin silver print, ca. 1918. Black and white image shows cotton from a cotton lap ("continuous, . compressed, sheet of fibrous material . rolled into a cylindrical package") being fed into a card (a machine that separates fibers into "individual relationship[s]"), where the cotton is carded between the brush-like wire points. The full lap on the top will most likely be swung down into the bottom position for feeding, once the bottom lap has been fed into the card. See Item 11, in this...

Scope and Contents Gelatin silver print, ca. 1918. Black and white image shows cotton from a cotton lap ("continuous, . compressed, sheet of fibrous material . rolled into a cylindrical package") being fed into a card (a machine that separates fibers into "individual relationship[s]"), where the cotton is carded between the brush-like wire points. The full lap on the top will most likely be swung down into the bottom position for feeding, once the bottom lap has been fed into the card. See Item 10, in this...

Scope and Contents Gelatin silver print, ca. 1918. Black and white image shows a sliver ("rope of fibers") of cotton being formed from a picker lap ("compressed sheet of cotton . rolled under pressure into a cylindrical package") by a revolving flat card (a machine that spins the picker lap to separate fibers into "individual relationship[s]"). The individual strands of cotton look like a web as they are pulled from the picker lap, but then come together to form what looks like a solid cotton rope (the...

Scope and Contents Gelatin silver print, ca. 1918. Black and white image shows cotton from the cotton lap ("continuous, . compressed, sheet of fibrous material . rolled into a cylindrical package") being fed into a card (the machine that separates fibers into "individual relationship[s]"), where the cotton is carded between the brush-like wire points. The full lap on the top will most likely be swung down to be fed into the card once the lap on the bottom has finished. See Item 18, in this folder, for a...

Scope and Contents Pacific Mills, Lawrence, Mass.: Carding machines. Gelatin silver print, stereocard, [ca. 1918]. Black and white image shows the back view (or delivery end) of a row of cotton carding machines (machines that separate fibers into "individual relationship[s]") in operation. On the right side of each machine, a sliver ("rope of fibers") can be seen entering a sliver can. The cotton as it is carded comes off the machine in a sliver. A male worker can be seen in the background, where he appears to...