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Warp Time: 1908

December 1908. Newton, North Carolina. "Boy at warping machine. Been there two years. Clyde Cotton Mill." Photograph by Lewis Wickes Hine. View full size.

December 1908. Newton, North Carolina. "Boy at warping machine. Been there two years. Clyde Cotton Mill." Photograph by Lewis Wickes Hine. View full size.

 

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Character hardening

"I cannot imagine sitting there 10-12 hours a day, 6 days a week doing that boring work for 2 years.

In a boy's formative years such tedious mind numbing work couldn't possibly be good."

I beg to differ. That kid learned quick what hard work was, and from the looks of this photo was up to the task.

Mind numbing

I cannot imagine sitting there 10-12 hours a day, 6 days a week doing that boring work for 2 years.

In a boy's formative years such tedious mind numbing work couldn't possibly be good.

Been there two years..

...and boy, are my arms tired. ka ka thump.

A warping machine is

a machine which draws YARN from many PACKAGES, arranges the strands parallel in a prescribed sequence, and winds them on BEAMS for use in LOOMS.

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