Caption

Manchester, New Hampshire - Textiles. Pacific Mills. Opener picker. Cotton from several bales of different grades are mixed and go through the picker. This removes seed and foreign matter. The cotton then passes to the breaker lapper through sustical pipes, April 1937, Lewis Hine, 1874 - 1940, was an American photographer, who used his camera as a tool for social reform. US,USA

Date

1940

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection/Quint Lox Limited

Reference

LZT16A06_033

License type

Rights managed

Available size

51,3Mb (1,3Mb) / 17,0in x 11,7in / 5098 x 3514 (300dpi)

Keywords

Manchester New Hampshire Textiles Pacific Mills Opener picker Cotton several bales different grades mixed go through picker removes seed foreign matter cotton then passes breaker lapper through sustical pipes April 1937 Lewis Hine Hine 1874 1940 American photographer camera tool social reform US USA America Americana Great Depression Lewis Wickes Hine Lewis W Hine reform movements documentary social change