I. Textile Mills

A Beamer At Work | History of SC Slide Collection

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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 Slasher Works In The Hickman Mill | History of SC Slide Collection

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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 Worker In Hartsville Prints Cotton Cloth | History of SC Slide Collection

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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...

Winnsboro Mills Research Laboratory | History of SC Slide Collection

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The Winnsboro Mills maintained a research laboratory as well as a production plant at their Fairfield County headquarters. This laboratory was set up around 1930, and photographed by William F. Cone...