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One of the final steps of textile manufacture is printing the design on the cloth. Here a worker in Hartsville prints cotton cloth during the 1930s. Works Progress Administration file photo. Courtesy...South Carolina Counties
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A Worker In Hartsville Prints Cotton Cloth | History of SC Slide Collection
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A Slasher Works In The Hickman Mill | History of SC Slide Collection
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12
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A slasher works in the Hickman Mill, one of the Graniteville Mills in Aiken County, in this December 1946, photograph by J.F. Sofge. Courtesy of the South Caroliniana Library.
A Beamer At Work | History of SC Slide Collection
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11
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This interior view of the Mount Vernon Mill, Columbia, shows a beamer at work around 1960. Courtesy of the South Carolina State Museum.
A Man Threads Cotton Thread Onto Spools | History of SC Slide Collection
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10
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A man threads cotton thread onto spools at the Mount Vernon Mill, 1960-62. Courtesy of the South Carolina State Museum.
Raw Cotton Is Carded In Sliver | History of SC Slide Collection
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Raw cotton is carded in sliver, a thick rope of cotton fibers, in the #2 plant of the Winnsboro Mills, around 1930. Courtesy of Uniroyal Goodrich Tire Manufacturing.
Unloading Raw Cotton At Winnsboro Mills | History of SC Slide Collection
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Unloading raw cotton from the train at the Winnsboro Mills, around 1929. Courtesy of Uniroyal Goodrich Tire Manufacturing.
The Fairfield Cotton Mill | History of SC Slide Collection
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The Fairfield Cotton Mill, built in 1898, expanded its operation with the construction of this new building in 1918. The original owners sold the plant to Hampton Cotton Mills of Greenville in 1912...
The Mount Vernon Mill | History of SC Slide Collection
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The Mount Vernon Mill, also known as the Columbia Duck Mill because it manufactured heavy cotton duck cloth, is now the site for South Carolina's State Museum. It was the first electric-powered...
The Olympia and Granby Cotton Mills | History of SC Slide Collection
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Not to be outdone by Greenville's claim (see The Woodside Cotton Mill), this Columbia postcard of around 1915 describes the Olympia and Granby Cotton Mills: "Olympia Mill, the largest cotton mill...
The Woodside Cotton Mill | History of SC Slide Collection
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The Woodside Cotton Mill in Greenville boasted in this 1913 postcard view that it was the largest complete cotton mill under one roof in America. The trolley brought mill operatives directly to the...