Text on reverse: "Here the warps, after being boiled and softened to enable the dye to penetrate, are passed through the indigo vats. Several runs are made to get the beautiful depth of color. The White Oak Dyehouse is equipped with one hundred indigo vats, and is one of the best-lighted and cleanest-kept dyehouses in the world."
A pair of nearly identical photographs for viewing the depicted image in three dimensions with a stereograph viewer. Looking down the center of the dye house. In the center of the frame is a light skinned man, wearing a hat, vest, long sleeves and long pants, holding a lever on a dye vat from as far away as possible. Ahead of him, on the left side of the frame, are a row of dye vats, extending into the distance, and connected to a series of pulleys and belts that crisscross the floor and ceiling. Several workers can be seen further down the row of dye vats, including one near the center of the frame in brilliant white. Extending down the center of the room, beginning in the right foreground, are large (~2 ft diameter) spools of dyed warp thread.
Notes:
No. 11 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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