Box 1

Include aerial and ground-level views of the exterior of the Lone Star Cotton Mills plant in El Paso, Texas. Also includes interior views featuring drawing frames, ring spinning frames, warping machines, the winding room, and the weaving room. The photographs were taken circa 1945.

Gelatin silver print, ca. 1945. Image depicts the office entrance and two-story concrete manufacturing plant of the Lone Star Cotton Mills, Inc. in El Paso, Texas. Barbed-wire fence in front; cars parked in the side yard. See item 2 in this folder for a view of the plant from the side. 25.25 x 20.5 cm.

Gelatin silver print, ca. 1945. Image depicts the office entrance (on the left) and two-story concrete manufacturing plant of the Lone Star Cotton Mills, Inc. in El Paso, Texas. Cars parked in side yard are somewhat obscured by trees. Water tower in the right background; lots of open space in the foreground. Partial railroad tracks in the left foreground. See item 1 in this folder for a closer view of the plant from the front. 25.25 x 20.5 cm.

Gelatin silver print, ca. 1940. Image depicts an aerial view of the Lone Star Cotton Mills plant in El Paso, Texas. The company consists of an office building (upper left background), a two-story concrete building with a one-story attachment, and several other buildings. Water tower is in the right foreground. Railroad cars on tracks in the upper background. One-story houses visible on the right. See item 4 in this folder for another aerial view from a different angle. 25.5 x 20.5 cm.

Gelatin silver print, ca. 1940. Image depicts an aerial view of the Lone Star Cotton Mills plant in El Paso, Texas. One-story housing visible in foreground. Water tower is on the left; company buildings in the center. Open land behind the company plant. See item 3 in this folder for another aerial view from a different angle. 25.5 x 20.5 cm.

Press Photo, J.G. Gerlach, El Paso Photo Co. Gelatin silver print, ca. 1945. Image depicts a female employee working at a drawing frame (manufactured by the Saco-Lowell Shops) in the Lone Star Cotton Mills, Inc. in El Paso, Texas. A carding machine is in the right background; a male employee brings an empty can forward. Copy B. 20.5 x 26 cm.

Gelatin silver print, ca. 1945. Image depicts a room containing drawing frames (manufactured by the Saco-Lowell Shops) in the Lone Star Cotton Mills, Inc. in El Paso, Texas. Carding machines are visible in the right background. No employees are visible. 25.5 x 20.5 cm.

Gelatin silver print, ca. 1945. Image depicts a room containing ring spinning frames in the Lone Star Cotton Mills, Inc. in El Paso, Texas. No employees are visible. See item 8 in this folder for a nearly identical view. 25.5 x 20.5 cm.

Gelatin silver print, ca. 1945. Image depicts a room containing ring spinning frames in the Lone Star Cotton Mills, Inc. in El Paso, Texas. No employees are visible. See item 7 in this folder for a nearly identical view. 25 x 20.5 cm.

Gelatin silver print, ca. 1945. Image depicts a room containing warping machinery in the Lone Star Cotton Mills, Inc. in El Paso, Texas. No employees are visible. See item 10 in this folder for a nearly identical view. 25.5 x 20.5 cm.