Text on face: "Partial view of White Oak Cotton Mills, Greensboro, N.C. Largest denim mill in the world." Text on reverse: "This plant, located just North of the City of Greensboro, N.C., is the largest denim mill in the world. It is owned by the Proximity Manufacturing Company, which also operates another large denim plant at Greensboro, known as Proximity Mill. The two plants have an aggregate of 110,000 spindles and 3500 looms, and employ about 2500 operatives. They consume 60,000 bales of cotton annually (30,000,000 lbs.), and have a daily output of over 200,000 yards of denim."
A pair of nearly identical photographs for viewing the depicted image in three dimensions with a stereograph viewer. A river bisects the frame horizontally. Below the river, in the foreground, are workers cottages with shingled roofs. Beyond the river is the mill complex, with a sprawling 3 story building on the right, lower buildings and active smokestacks on the left.
Notes:
No. 1 in a set of 25 stereocards. The White Oak Cotton Mills made denim.
Cite As:
ATHM Textile Industry Stereographs. 6524/006 P. Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives, Martin P. Catherwood Library, Cornell University.
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