Box 12

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Gelatin silver print, ca. 1918. Black and white image shows two slubber spools: one is bare and the other is wrapped in cotton fibers. Slubbing is "the first of the roving frames used in the cotton system of yarn manufacturing. It takes sliver directly from the drawing frame and, without any doubling, drafts and twists it into a greatly reduced size called roving." 18 x 9 cm. Copy A.

Format: Stereoptic print.

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Gelatin silver print, ca. 1918. Black and white image shows two slubber spools: one is bare and the other is wrapped in cotton fibers. Slubbing is "the first of the roving frames used in the cotton system of yarn manufacturing. It takes sliver directly from the drawing frame and, without any doubling, drafts and twists it into a greatly reduced size called roving." 18 x 9 cm. Copy B.

Format: Stereoptic print.

Scope and Contents Gelatin silver print, ca. 1918. Black and white image shows the action that takes place within the middle space of a fine roving frame, or speeder. A speeder is "the third machine in a series of roving processes," which includes "reduc[ing] the size of the stock . [making the stock even], and insert[ing] twist in it." On top of the machine are stacked rovings; to the left of the machine there is what looks like an intermediate roving frame. See Item 3, in this folder, for a closer view of...

Scope and Contents Gelatin silver print, ca. 1918. Black and white image shows two female employees at work in an aisle between two fine roving frames, or speeders. A speeder is "the third machine in a series of roving processes," which includes "reduc[ing] the size of the stock . [making the stock even], and insert[ing] twist in it." See also Item 1, in this folder, for a very similar image, and Item 2, in this folder, for a better image of the woman in the foreground. 18 x 9 cm. Format:...

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Gelatin silver print, ca. 1918. Black and white image shows a male worker as he works on a slubber roving frame, or slubber. A slubber is "[t]he first of the roving frames used in the cotton system of yarn manufacturing," and its purpose is "twist[ing] [slivers] into a greatly reduced size called roving." 18 x 9 cm. Copy A.

Format: Stereoptic print.

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Gelatin silver print, ca. 1918. Black and white image shows a male worker holding a strand of cotton fiber as he inspects the slubbing, which is a bulkier roving ("continuous, soft, slightly twisted strand of fibers"). Before him is a cart holding more slubbing. Behind him is a row of slubber roving frames. Notice the cotton scattered all over his shirt and overalls. This worker can also be seen in Items 13 and 17, in this folder. 18 x 9 cm.

Format: Stereoptic print.

Scope and Contents Gelatin silver print, ca. 1918-1920. Black and white image shows two male workers. The man in the background appears to be guiding a drawn cotton sliver (cotton that has gone through a drawing frame) into a slubber roving frame, and behind him are cans of rolled up cotton slivers on standby. The worker in the foreground is pushing a cart full of slubbings, which is a term for bulkier rovings ("continuous, soft, slightly twisted strand of fibers . the product of a roving frame"). Much of the...

Scope and Contents Gelatin silver print, ca. 1918. Black and white image shows a male worker as he pushes a cart containing multiple slubbings, which are bulkier rovings ("continuous, soft, slightly twisted strand of fibers"). Behind him and his cart are rows of slubber roving frames and cans of cotton slivers. See Item 20, in this folder, for a virtually identical image; Item 17, in this folder, for a wider angle of this image; this worker is also visible in Item 11, in this folder. 18 x 9 cm....

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Gelatin silver print, ca. 1918. Black and white image shows a female worker as she works at an intermediate roving frame (a machine that "doubles and drafts the slubber roving and delivers a smaller roving"). The machine behind her is likely a fine roving frame. 18 x 9 cm.

Format: Stereoptic print.

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Gelatin silver print, ca. 1918. Black and white image shows a female worker as she works at an intermediate roving frame (a machine that "doubles and drafts the slubber roving and delivers a smaller roving"). See Item 16, in this folder, for a virtually identical image. 18 x 9 cm.

Format: Stereoptic print.