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Image Not Available for Samples are taken from the cotton bales for testing and sorting as to quality. This apparatus is for testing fibres.
Samples are taken from the cotton bales for testing and sorting as to quality. This apparatus is for testing fibres.
Image Not Available for Samples are taken from the cotton bales for testing and sorting as to quality. This apparatus is for testing fibres.

Samples are taken from the cotton bales for testing and sorting as to quality. This apparatus is for testing fibres.

Creator Alfred Eisenstaedt (American, 1898 - 1995)
Date1930s
Mediumgelatin silver print
DimensionsOverall: 25.8 x 20.3 cm (10 3/16 x 8 in.)
Credit LineAnonymous Gift, 2002
Category
  • Photographs
Object number2002/5015
LocationNot currently on display

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Image Not Available for Cotton picking is the largest single annual job performed in the U.S. At th end of every summer some 9 million hands pick, gin, and bale 6 million pounds of cotton valued at 700 million dollars. Here a worker inserts the strips that bind the bales.
Cotton picking is the largest single annual job performed in the U.S. At th end of every summer some 9 million hands pick, gin, and bale 6 million pounds of cotton valued at 700 million dollars. Here a worker inserts the strips that bind the bales.
Alfred Eisenstaedt
1930s
Photograph
Image Not Available for Despite the fact that it is almost as flat as a pancake under pressure, the cotton expands some afterwards. The flexible iron strips are used to tie up the bales.
Despite the fact that it is almost as flat as a pancake under pressure, the cotton expands some afterwards. The flexible iron strips are used to tie up the bales.
Alfred Eisenstaedt
1930s
Photograph
Image Not Available for Young Dutch girl in the farmyard with bales of hay in the background.
Young Dutch girl in the farmyard with bales of hay in the background.
Alfred Eisenstaedt
1930s
Photograph
Image Not Available for Many samples are gathered in flasks and glasses for testing
Many samples are gathered in flasks and glasses for testing
Associated Press of Berlin
1934
Photograph
Image Not Available for Testing Chemicals
Testing Chemicals
Alfred Eisenstaedt
1931
Photograph
Image Not Available for Chemical Testing in the Laboratory
Chemical Testing in the Laboratory
Alfred Eisenstaedt
1931
Photograph
Image Not Available for Examining the Hereditary Qualities of Plants
Examining the Hereditary Qualities of Plants
Alfred Eisenstaedt
1930s
Photograph
Image Not Available for American hat fashion designers have turned to Egypt for fresh inspiration. John-Frederics, New York milliners, created this sample sensation showing the wig-lappets of the sphinxes that inspired the ear coverings of blue straw cloth.
American hat fashion designers have turned to Egypt for fresh inspiration. John-Frederics, New York milliners, created this sample sensation showing the wig-lappets of the sphinxes that inspired the ear coverings of blue straw cloth.
Alfred Eisenstaedt
1930s
Photograph
Image Not Available for An old cooking apparatus, in which meat is roasted on the Spit, on the streets of Sofia, Bulgaria.
An old cooking apparatus, in which meat is roasted on the Spit, on the streets of Sofia, Bulgaria.
Alfred Eisenstaedt
1935
Photograph
Image Not Available for Quality Testing the Wool
Quality Testing the Wool
Lotte Errell_02
1930s
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Image Not Available for Quality Testing the Wool
Quality Testing the Wool
Lotte Errell_02
1930s
Photograph
Image Not Available for Young girls sorting the figs in the fig factory.
Young girls sorting the figs in the fig factory.
Alfred Eisenstaedt
1934
Photograph
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