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Description
An unidentified employee watches the carding machines at the Pepperell Mills, Biddeford, circa 1925. The machines had opposing layers of wire teeth to clean and comb out the cotton fibers, and was the beginning step in the drawing out of cotton to produce yarn.
About This Item
- Title: Carding machines at Pepperell Mills, Biddeford, circa 1925
- Creation Date: circa 1925
- Subject Date: circa 1925
- Town: Biddeford
- County: York
- State: ME
- Media: Photographic print
- Dimensions: 12.5 cm x 17.5 cm
- Local Code: 2820
- Collection: Pepperell Collection
- Object Type: Image
For more information about this item, contact:
McArthur Public LibraryPO Box 346, Biddeford, ME 04005
(207) 284-4181
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LC Subject Headings
- Textile industry--Equipment and supplies--Maine--Biddeford
- Pepperell Manufacturing Company
- Textile factories--Maine--Biddeford
- Textile mill workers--Maine--Biddeford
- Interiors
- Textile industry--Maine--Biddeford
- Milling machines
- Employees--Maine--Biddeford
- Carding-machines--Maine--Biddeford
- Combing machines--Maine--Biddeford
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