Item 8 of 30 (5417)

"These gentlemen are employed in the Card Room. It was their job to loosen or straighten the cotton fibers (smooth the cotton out). This room contained 400 small cards, known as 'railroad' cards. Weights were added to or taken away, as the case warranted, if the lap were light or heavy."
Date: c 1905
Rights: Alabama Mosaic; Huntsville Madison County Public Library