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One of the little spinners working in Lancaster Cotton Mills, S.C. Many others as small. Location: Lancaster, South Carolina.

Lancaster · 1908

One of the little spinners working in Lancaster Cotton Mills, S.C. Many others as small. Location: Lancaster, South Carolina., Lancaster, 1908
One of the little spinners working in Lancaster Cotton Mills, S.C. Many others as small. Location: Lancaster, South Carolina., Lancaster, 1908. Machinery & technology — The 1800s Archive, from the Library of Congress record.

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