Box 8

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Black-and-white image depicts male workers, several of whom are holding shovels, loading jute into batches. Carter's Series, No. 50. Printed in Great Britain. [no earlier than 1902] 13.5 x 8.5 cm.

Format: Postcard.

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Black-and-white image of female factory workers engaged in bag making process. Several female factory workers are seen using machinery. On the left side of the image, a female worker is carrying a pile of bags. In the background, a group of men look on. Title is printed on reverse in English, French, German, Spanish, Swedish, and Russian. New York: Underwood & Underwood [copyright date from Copy B]. 17.75 x 8.75 cm. Copy A.

Format: Stereoptic print.

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Black-and-white image of female factory workers engaged in bag making process. Several female factory workers are seen using machinery. On the left side of the image, a female worker is carrying a pile of bags. In the background, a group of men look on. Title is printed on reverse in English, French, German, Spanish, Swedish, and Russian. New York: Underwood & Underwood. 17.75 x 8.75 cm. Copy B.

Format: Stereoptic print.

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Black-and-white image of male worker in a field, spreading fiber out into long rows on the grass. Rows of fiber hanging from frames can be seen in the background. Most likely New Zealand hemp (Phornium tenax). Carter's Series, No. 26. Printed in Great Britain. [no earlier than 1902] 13.5 x 8.5 cm.

Format: Postcard.

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Black-and-white image shows fibre testing machine by A. S. Mackenzie. Written on reverse: "Improved design" and stamped on reverse: "A. S. Mackenzie. Philadelphia." Removed from trade catalog of A. S. Mackenzie, ca. 1906-1908 8.75 x 14 cm.

Format: Postcard.

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Black-and-white image of a man in an office pulling on flax fiber in order to determine its quality. The man is dressed in a suit and hat. When flax arrived at a mill, it went through three processes before it was turned into yarn and subsequently woven into linen. These processes were heckling, preparing, and spinning. This strength test was done prior to spinning. Meadville, Pa.: Keystone View Company. 17.75 x 8.75 cm.

Format: Stereoptic print.

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Color image depicts bales of cotton stacked in a field; a man drives a tractor down an aisle between the bales. The cotton gin is the building in the left background. Printed on reverse: "Bales of cotton with cotton gin in background. A typical scene from quality cotton growing acres of the United States." Printed in U.S.A. Postmarked November 12, 1966 in Titusville, Fla. 14 x 9 cm.

Format: Postcard.

Scope and Contents Black-and-white image of group of African- American men in front of an industrial building, presumably the Central Cotton Press. One man is sitting on a dray loaded with cotton; several men are standing together in front of the dray; and one man can be seen on the roof in the background. One Caucasian man can be seen standing on the far right of the photo. On the back of the card is written: "[by J.N. Wilson, 21 Bull St., Savannah, Ga. "Gang of hands at Central Cotton Press" (from R.M. Vogel...

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Black-and-white image shows workers rebaling cotton to reduce the size. One worker with his back to the camera can be seen in the left foreground, holding onto a chain that is hooked onto an already reduced bale. Several other workers can be seen in the background near larger bales of cotton. The machinery in the background may possibly be a cotton press. New York: Underwood & Underwood, ca. 1900-1920. 17.75 x 8.75 cm.

Format: Stereoptic print.

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Color image of workers posing beside bales in a large shed filled with many rows of cotton bales. Note on the back of postcard dated November 4, 1908. 13.5 x 8.5 cm.

Format: Postcard.