Text on reverse: "Before going to the baling presses, every yard of denims made at the Proximity and White Oak Mills, passes under the vigilant eyes of the cloth inspectors, who mark as seconds and lay aside all pieces containing imperfections. This inspection is not a mere formality, but is conducted most carefully, and this department at both Proximity and White Oak Mills is specially located to get the best and most perfect light."
A pair of nearly identical photographs for viewing the depicted image in three dimensions with a stereograph viewer. In the foreground a light skinned male worker stands next to a half dozen bolts of denim and looks at one unrolled on a long table to his left. Further down the table is another workman with his hands on the cloth. Similar long tables with 2 workmen, and varyingly sized stacks of bolts repeat throughout the image. A diffuse white light comes from above, giving the tables minimal shadow.
Notes:
No. 15 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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