Box 8

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Black-and-white image depicts two women breaking apart flax by hand. Three other women can be glimpsed (or partially glimpsed) in the background. Location unknown. ca. 1900. 18 x 8.5 cm.

Format: Stereoptic print.

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Black and white image shows a drawing of rows of flax machinery, possibly scutching machinery to separate the fibers from the woody portion of the stalk. Scutching can be done by hand or by machinery. Carter's Series No. 10. Printed in Britain. [no earlier than 1902] 14 x 8.5 cm.

Format: Postcard.

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Black and white image depicts rows of male workers pulling strands of flax across an implement with teeth to separate wood and bark and refine the strands in preparation for spinning. Supervisors look on. Meadville, Pa.: Keystone View Company, ca. 1900-1920. 17.75 x 9 cm.

Format: Stereoptic print.

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Black and white image shows a man holding a batch of flax in one hand while running the fingers of his other hand through it. He wears an apron over his clothes, and also wears a straw hat. Scutching is the process of separating the fibers from the woody portion of the stalk; it can be done by hand or machinery. Carter's Series No. 7. Printed in Britain. [no earlier than 1902] 8.75 x 13.75 cm.

Format: Postcard.

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Black and white image shows men working at a row of equipment with stacks of flax undergoing the scutching process. Scutching is the process of removing the fibers from the woody part of the stalk; it can be done by hand or by machinery. Carter's Series No. 6. Printed in Britain. [no earlier than 1902] 8.75 x 13.5 cm.

Format: Postcard.

Scope and Contents Color image of an area between buildings nearly completely filled with cotton bales. A worker can be seen standing on a bale in very distant background, and another worker can be seen steering a horse-drawn wagon in the right foreground. A giant water tower is at the back of the baled cotton. Published by The Chessier Co., Baltimore, Md. ca. 1915-1930. 14 x 8.5 cm. See Item 6, in this folder, for an identical view with a message commenting on number of cotton mills in North Carolina and how...

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Color image of the exterior of a cotton warehouse in the background. The entire yard is filled with bales of cotton. Several workers are standing on bales, and one worker is standing on a tower in the center of the yard. Location is unknown. Publ. by T.P. & Co. N.Y. Made in Germany. ca. 1907-1915. 14 x 8.5 cm.

Format: Postcard.

Scope and Contents Black-and-white image of a cotton baling machine. The burlap for covering the bales can be seen on rollers to the left and below. Cotton would be packed into the area on the floor, wrapped and baled. The room and machinery are covered in bits of cotton. A blurry image of a worker (who moved during the photographic shot) is visible in the center of the image; the worker appears to be standing in or on the edge of the floor section for baling. Meadville, Pa.: Keystone View Company;...

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Color image of three male workers. Two of the men are manipulating a cotton bale on the cotton compress, and one man is working with loose cotton, possibly in preparation for baling. All appear to be African American. Published by Adolf Selige Pub. Co., St. Louis - Leipzig. Postmarked August 28, 1912 in Westminster, S.C., but this postcard was manufactured before March 1907. 13.5 x 8.5 cm.

Format: Postcard.

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Black-and-white image of a large yard filled with cotton bales. Several buildings and sheds are visible in the background. Location unknown but most likely in the Savannah, Ga., area. Photographed by J. N. Wilson, Nos. 143 Broughton and 21 Bull Sts., Savannah, Ga. ca. 1880. 17.5 x 8.5 cm.

Format: Stereoptic print.