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El Paso Photo Co., J.G. Gerlach, 504 N. Stanton St., Main 856, photographer. Gelatin silver print. Image depicts a window display highlighting the Lone Star Cotton Mills. Cotton duct and cotton drill are hung on either side of a center display of raw cotton, along with photos of different kinds of processes (lapping, carding, spinning, slubbing, winding, warping, looms, slashing), several slivers and thread on cones.

Press Photo, J.G. Gerlach, El Paso Photo Co. Gelatin silver print. Image depicts the interior of the spinning room of the Lone Star Cotton Mills in El Paso, Texas. Two male workers tend to the machinery. Copy B.

Press Photo, J.G. Gerlach, El Paso Photo Co. Gelatin silver print. Image depicts the interior of the spinning room of the Lone Star Cotton Mills in El Paso, Texas. Two male workers tend to the machinery. Copy A.

Press Photo, J.G. Gerlach, El Paso Photo Co. Gelatin silver print. 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 A.

Press Photo, J.G. Gerlach, El Paso Photo Co. Gelatin silver print. Image depicts a teenaged male employee holding a bolt of fabric next to a loom in the Lone Star Cotton Mills in El Paso, Texas. Another bolt of fabric stands on the floor behind him. The loom is extremely dirty with a large amount of cotton waste on it. Copy A.

Press Photo, J.G. Gerlach, El Paso Photo Co. Gelatin silver print. Image depicts a teenaged male employee holding a bolt of fabric next to a loom in the Lone Star Cotton Mills in El Paso, Texas. Another bolt of fabric stands on the floor behind him. The loom is extremely dirty with a large amount of cotton waste on it. Copy B.

Gelatin silver print. Image depicts the opener room in the El Paso Cotton Mills (El Paso Cotton Mills Company) in El Paso, Texas. The opening machinery on the left was manufactured by the Saco-Lowell Shops. Large bags of cotton on the floor and leaning against the wall on the right.

Gelatin silver print. Image depicts the drawing room in the El Paso Cotton Mills (El Paso Cotton Mills Company) in El Paso, Texas. The drawing machinery here was manufactured by the Saco-Lowell Shops in 1924. Carding machinery is just visible in the background on the left. See items 9 and 10 in this folder for another view of this room.

Gelatin silver print. Image depicts the drawing room in the El Paso Cotton Mills (El Paso Cotton Mills Company) in El Paso, Texas, but from another angle than that seen in item 8 in this folder. The drawing machinery here was manufactured by the Saco-Lowell Shops in 1924. Empty roving cans are in the foreground. Carding machinery is just barely visible in the background. A male employee is just visible in the left background working at a desk.

Gelatin silver print. Image depicts the drawing room in the El Paso Cotton Mills (El Paso Cotton Mills Company) in El Paso, Texas, but from another angle than that seen in item 8 in this folder. The drawing machinery here was manufactured by the Saco-Lowell Shops in 1924. Empty roving cans are in the foreground. Carding machinery is just barely visible in the background. A male employee is just visible in the left background working at a desk. Copy B.