1800s Archive · Machinery & technology

Two young spinners in Catawba Cotton Mills. Location: Newton, North Carolina.

North carolina · 1908

Two young spinners in Catawba Cotton Mills. Location: Newton, North Carolina., North carolina, 1908
Two young spinners in Catawba Cotton Mills. Location: Newton, North Carolina., North carolina, 1908. Machinery & technology — The 1800s Archive, from the Library of Congress record.

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