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| Date: | 1970 |
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| Description: | Workers in a carpet factory apply latex backing to hold yarn in place. The workers are standing on a slightly raised platorm, and the carpet is being fed v... |
| Date: | 1970 |
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| Description: | A woman is working on a tufting carpet loom. She is leaning into the loom which has a large number of individual strands of yarn on top, and gray material,... |
| Date: | 1949 |
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| Description: | Promotional advertisement available through the International Harvester Advertising Service for use by International Harvester dealers, part of the 1949 Tw... |
| Date: | 1902 |
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| Description: | Front and back cover of a Deering Harvester Company brochure for twine. The cover reads: "The Original Spinners," and "The World's Greatest Spinners, Deeri... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | A group of young women in kimonos examining fabric while young men look on. In her journal from Japan and South Korea, Carrie records that fabric is one of... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | A man and a woman squat on a mat on the floor, whipping wool to prepare it for use. They wear white scarves on their heads. The bottom right of the image c... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | In her journal from Japan and South Korea, Carrie describes the process of preparing cotton to be used for yarn or clothing. This image shows three women w... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | View down aisle of two rows of women workers using looms in a textile factory. A few men stand in the aisle. In her journal from China, Carrie describes th... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | A woman and a man using spinning wheels in a textile factory. In her journal Carrie describes the conditions of these factories in China as crowded and wit... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | A girl using a type of spinning wheel. She is wearing a kimono and a head wrapping. |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Women working in a textile factory. They are cleaning or dying material. Carrie describes the work at textile factories in her journal from China as crowde... |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of a manila drying area. A man is working in the foreground on the left near carts on tracks. Drying posts are behind him, and a long industr... |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | Two male employees are feeding manila fiber into manufacturing machines at McCormick Works. More men are standing in the background on the left. |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | Employees feeding manila fiber into manufacturing machines at McCormick Works. |
| Date: | 09 16 1964 |
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| Description: | Many patrons of the arts gathered in the former Lincoln School, 720 East Gorham Street, for the gala opening night of the Madison Art Association's galleri... |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | Man standing indoors, putting a spool of twine on a binder. |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | Man standing indoors, putting a spool of twine on a binder. |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | Slightly elevated view of a twine mill under construction. Railroad cars are on railroad tracks running along the buildings under construction. Men are wor... |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of a twine mill under construction. Railroad cars are on tracks in the foreground. A large smokestack is in the center. |
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