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Gelatin silver print. Image depicts an aerial view of the Goodall-Sanford, Inc., plant in Sanford, Me. Plant is in foreground, consisting of several multi-story buildings. Residential houses spread out behind plant, with open area in background and mountains visible in distant background.

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Gelatin silver print. Image depicts an older man sorting wool. A large bag of wool is on the floor near him, with open wooden bins of wool behind him. Text: "Sorting. The shorn fleece from a sheep (wool) and the fleece from the Angora goat (mohair) contain sections of coarse, medium, and fine fibers. Skilled tradesmen, known as "sorters," separate these sections by hand into various sorts."

Scope and Contents Gelatin silver print. Image depicts large piles of wool on a warehouse floor. Large windows in the rear give light. Text: "Blended Sorts. After sorting, the same grades from each sorter are carefully blended and spread over a large floor area to make a uniform blend. These various lots are carefully placed in layers to obtain uniform quality within each lot. Thus, when the wool or mohair is started through the processing, any variances in the judgment of the sorters will be equalized and a...

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Gelatin silver print. Image depicts large piles of wool being put through a scouring machine. Text: "Scouring. The operation of scouring is to remove foreign matter from the raw wool and mohair. The fibers are passed through various scouring bowls containing soaps and chemicals; squeezed between rolls by hydraulic pressure; and finally run through a continuous dryer and deposited in large trucks ready to be taken to the next operation."

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Gelatin silver print. Image depicts wool carding machines in operation. There is a large bin of wool in the foreground. Text: "Carding. The scoured wool or mohair is placed into hoppers from which predetermined amounts are passed through a series of wire-covered cylinders. These cylinders turn at high speed in opposite directions, thereby straightening and paralleling the fibers so that they can be formed into a thin web. This web, condensed, results in a heavy sliver of parallel fibers."

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Gelatin silver print. Image depicts the process of drawing the blended slivers onto spools as slubbing. Text: "Drawing (Two Spindle Gill Box). Thoroughly blended and mixed slivers are run together, drafted and wrapped onto large spools as slubbing. From this point all slubbing will be reduced in size, twist inserted and wrapped onto spools."

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Gelatin silver print. Image depicts a row of drawing frames. Text: "Drawing Operations. A general view showing the frames and manner in which the stock is drawn down to size and wrapped onto spools."