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Boiling cocoons to loosen fibre ends in Syria's largest silk reeling plant, Mt. Lebanon

Weaving the finest of Syrian silk on a primitive loom, Mt. Lebanon district

Loosening cocoon fiber and winding on frames, silk mill, Beyrout, Syria

The most primitive reeling tools for silk thread, Mt. Lebanon, Syria

In a Syrian silk plant; examining and weighing raw silk ready for export

Women sorting large piles of silk cocoons, Antioch, Syria [i.e., Turkey]

Women sorting large piles of silk cocoons, Antioch, Syria [i.e., Turkey]

Where skillful Arabs produce fine silk cloth with primitive tools, Mt. Lebanon, Syria

Deadening worms in silk cocoons by steam, Antioch, Syria

Boiling cocoons to loosen fibre ends in Syria's largest silk reeling plant, Mt. Lebanon

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Overseers watching girls tending vats of boiling silkworm cocoons.

J192305 U.S. Copyright Office.

Copyright by Underwood & Underwood.

Title on recto of item.

No. 11433; U-157695.

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01/01/1914
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Underwood & Underwood.
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Eight-year old Jack on a Western Massachusetts farm. He is a type of child who is being overworked in many rural districts. See Hine Report, Rural Child Labor, August, 1915. Location: Western Massachusetts, Massachusetts.

In a Syrian silk plant; examining and weighing raw silk ready for export

Two of the workers in Merrimack Mills. See Hine report. Location: Huntsville, Alabama.

Dye house machine operator Martino Cardone tending silk in dyeing tanks.

Child Labor - Slide labels

Characters and industries, etc. Mule-drawn Lebanon wagon

Cedars. Open mountain sweep below the Cedars

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child labor lebanon children employment silk industry gelatin silver prints stereographs judaydah lebanon cocoons fibre ends fibre ends syria silk plant stereoscopic views lot 13743 stereograph cards underwood and underwood photo ultra high resolution high resolution