Photograph of Carding Machine Operator, American Thread Company
Item
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Title
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Photograph of Carding Machine Operator, American Thread Company
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Description
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Photograph of Ignacy Pekarski, either a picking machine operator or a carding machine operator, carrying a roll of lap from a picking machine to to a carding machine, American Thread Company, Willimantic, CT, c. 1957. Picking machines removed unwanted materials from raw cotton and transformed it into rolled up sheets called lap. which could then be fed into carding machine. The rolls of lap were very heavy and most picker operators were strong men. Black and white gelatin print. Unknown photographer.
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Identifier
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WTHM.2022.2.24
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Date Created
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Nov 20, 2022
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Type
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Photograph
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Format
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Gelatin Print
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Subject
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Mill worker and carding machine; Pekarski, Ignacy
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Coverage
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Northeast : North America : Windham, CT : Willimantic, CT
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Rights
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Copyright held by American Thread Company, 2022.
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Relation
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American Thread Company Collection
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Provenance
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Name/Reference Label: Found Object
