Text on reverse: "The spools of warp yarn are placed in large wooden racks or creels from which they can conveniently unwind. The separate threads are drawn through little wires in the warpers, and are gathered into a bunch or rope of threads, which is wound in a large cylindrical ball known as a warp. If any thread breaks while passing through the warper, the little wire drops and stops the machine. In this way, full count of threads and uniform weight of the goods is insured."
A pair of nearly identical photographs for viewing the depicted image in three dimensions with a stereograph viewer. Looking from head height down a row of many warpers, several light skinned male workers are standing near different machines down the row and looking directly at the camera. On the left side are creels of spools of warp yarn, taller than the workers, and a row of columns. The yarn is drawn out from left to right across the frame, wide at the left side and feeding into a narrow wheel at the left. The yarn is passed back to collect in the warp on the left side of the image. In the center of the frame is a worker carrying a warp on a hand truck, it is a tall as his waist. Several other warps can be seen waiting between machines.
Notes:
No. 10 in a set of 25 stereocards. The White Oak Cotton Mills made denim.
Cite As:
ATHM Textile Industry Stereographs. 6524/006 P. Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives, Martin P. Catherwood Library, Cornell University.
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