Rags. Collection and processing. A portion of the sorting room in a large Eastern rag processing plant. In this room new rag remnants, consisting chiefly of cuttings received from clothing factories, are sorted. The rags are classified and separated according to the type of cloth; colored rags are g
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- 1942-01
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- Type
- photograph
- Original size
- 785 × 1,024 pixels
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