Ted Stone Collection of Lone Star Cotton Mills Photographs, 1940-1945
Collection Number: 6907 P
Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives
Cornell University Library
DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY
Title:
Ted Stone Collection of Lone Star Cotton Mills Photographs, 1940-1945
Repository:
Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives
Collection Number:
6907 P
Abstract:
Interior and exterior photographs of the Lone Star Cotton Mills in El Paso, Texas.
Creator:
Stone, Ted
Lone Star Cotton Mills
Quanitities:
1 folders
Language:
Collection material in English
Lone Star was first founded as the El Paso Cotton Mills Company in 1923; in 1932 the
company was reorganized as Lone Star Cotton Mills, Inc. The company ceased production
after 1980.
Include aerial and ground-level views of the exterior of the Lone Star Cotton Mills
plant in El Paso, Texas. Also includes interior views featuring drawing frames, ring
spinning frames, warping machines, the winding room, and the weaving room. The photographs
were taken circa 1945.
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INFORMATION FOR USERS
Ted Stone Collection of Lone Star Cotton Mills Photographs #6907 P. Kheel Center for
Labor-Management Documentation and Archives, Cornell University Library.
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Names:
El Paso Cotton Mills Company (El Paso, Tex.)
Elite Textile Mills.
Lone Star Cotton Mills, Inc.
Northern Dyeing Company.
Podar Brothers.
Saco-Lowell Shops.
Fulton Bag and Cotton Mills.
Subjects:
Bags
Burlap
Business enterprises
Business records
Cotton
Cotton manufacture
Drawing--Powered--Drawing frame
Dyes and dyeing
Factoring services industry
Women employees
Legal documents
Manufacturers' agents
Spinning machinery
Spinning--Powered--Spinning frame, ring
Swatches (Dry-goods).
Tents
Textile fabrics
Textile factories
Textile industry
Textile machinery
Textile mills--Spinning room
Textile mills--Warping room
Textile mills--Weave room
Winding machines
Women textile workers
El Paso (Tex.)
United States
CONTAINER LIST
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Container
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Description
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Date
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Lone Star Cotton Mills, interior and exterior photos
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| Box 1 | Folder 1 |
Item 1: Exterior view of the Lone Star Cotton Mills office and plant
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Format: black and white photograph
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Scope and Contents
Gelatin silver print, ca. 1945. Image depicts the office entrance and two-story concrete
manufacturing plant of the Lone Star Cotton Mills, Inc. in El Paso, Texas. Barbed-wire
fence in front; cars parked in the side yard. See item 2 in this folder for a view
of the plant from the side. 25.25 x 20.5 cm.
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| Box 1 | Folder 1 |
Item 2: Side view of the exterior of the Lone Star Cotton Mill office and plant
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Format: black and white photograph
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Scope and Contents
Gelatin silver print, ca. 1945. Image depicts the office entrance (on the left) and
two-story concrete manufacturing plant of the Lone Star Cotton Mills, Inc. in El Paso,
Texas. Cars parked in side yard are somewhat obscured by trees. Water tower in the
right background; lots of open space in the foreground. Partial railroad tracks in
the left foreground. See item 1 in this folder for a closer view of the plant from
the front. 25.25 x 20.5 cm.
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| Box 1 | Folder 1 |
Item 3: Aerial view of Lone Star Cotton Mill
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Format: black and white photograph
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Scope and Contents
Gelatin silver print, ca. 1940. Image depicts an aerial view of the Lone Star Cotton
Mills plant in El Paso, Texas. The company consists of an office building (upper left
background), a two-story concrete building with a one-story attachment, and several
other buildings. Water tower is in the right foreground. Railroad cars on tracks in
the upper background. One-story houses visible on the right. See item 4 in this folder
for another aerial view from a different angle. 25.5 x 20.5 cm.
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| Box 1 | Folder 1 |
Item 4: Aerial view of Lone Star Cotton Mills
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Format: black and white photograph
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Scope and Contents
Gelatin silver print, ca. 1940. Image depicts an aerial view of the Lone Star Cotton
Mills plant in El Paso, Texas. One-story housing visible in foreground. Water tower
is on the left; company buildings in the center. Open land behind the company plant.
See item 3 in this folder for another aerial view from a different angle. 25.5 x 20.5
cm.
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| Box 1 | Folder 1 |
Item 5: Female employee at drawing frame
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Format: black and white photograph
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Scope and Contents
Press Photo, J.G. Gerlach, El Paso Photo Co. Gelatin silver print, ca. 1945. Image
depicts a female employee working at a drawing frame (manufactured by the Saco-Lowell
Shops) in the Lone Star Cotton Mills, Inc. in El Paso, Texas. A carding machine is
in the right background; a male employee brings an empty can forward. Copy B. 20.5
x 26 cm.
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Item 6: Drawing frame
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Format: black and white photograph
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Scope and Contents
Gelatin silver print, ca. 1945. Image depicts a room containing drawing frames (manufactured
by the Saco-Lowell Shops) in the Lone Star Cotton Mills, Inc. in El Paso, Texas. Carding
machines are visible in the right background. No employees are visible. 25.5 x 20.5
cm.
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Item 7: Ring spinning frames
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Format: black and white photograph
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Scope and Contents
Gelatin silver print, ca. 1945. Image depicts a room containing ring spinning frames
in the Lone Star Cotton Mills, Inc. in El Paso, Texas. No employees are visible. See
item 8 in this folder for a nearly identical view. 25.5 x 20.5 cm.
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| Box 1 | Folder 1 |
Item 8: Ring spinning frames
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Format: black and white photograph
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Scope and Contents
Gelatin silver print, ca. 1945. Image depicts a room containing ring spinning frames
in the Lone Star Cotton Mills, Inc. in El Paso, Texas. No employees are visible. See
item 7 in this folder for a nearly identical view. 25 x 20.5 cm.
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Item 9: Warping machines
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Format: black and white photograph
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Scope and Contents
Gelatin silver print, ca. 1945. Image depicts a room containing warping machinery
in the Lone Star Cotton Mills, Inc. in El Paso, Texas. No employees are visible. See
item 10 in this folder for a nearly identical view. 25.5 x 20.5 cm.
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Item 10: Warping machines
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Format: black and white photograph
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Scope and Contents
Gelatin silver print, ca. 1945. Image depicts a room containing warping machinery
in the Lone Star Cotton Mills, Inc. in El Paso, Texas. No employees are visible. See
item 9 in this folder for a nearly identical view. 25 x 20.5 cm.
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Item 11: Female employee at work in winding room
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Format: black and white photograph
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Scope and Contents
Gelatin silver print, ca. 1945. Image depicts a female employee at work in the winding
room in the Lone Star Cotton Mills, Inc. in El Paso, Texas. The man in the suit jacket
and hat with his back turned to the camera is possibly a supervisor or a visitor to
the company; he is not attired in working clothes. 25.5 x 20.5 cm.
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Item 12: Winding room
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Format: black and white photograph
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Scope and Contents
Gelatin silver print, ca. 1945. Image depicts the winding room in the Lone Star Cotton
Mills, Inc. in El Paso, Texas. No employees are visible. 25.5 x 20.5 cm.
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Item 13: Weave room
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Format: black and white photograph
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Scope and Contents
Gelatin silver print, ca. 1945. Image depicts the weave room in the Lone Star Cotton
Mills, Inc. in El Paso, Texas. No employees are visible. See item 14 in this folder
for a virtually identical view of this room. 25.5 x 20.5 cm.
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Item 14: Weave room
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Format: black and white photograph
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Scope and Contents
Gelatin silver print, ca. 1945. Image depicts the weave room in the Lone Star Cotton
Mills, Inc. in El Paso, Texas. No employees are visible. See item 13 in this folder
for a virtually identical view of this room. 25 x 20.5 cm.
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