Silk Mfg. In China. Drying and throwing the silk fiber and preparing the warp and weft for weaving
5 x 7 in. or smaller
- Date
- 1918–1921
- Collection
- National Photo Company
- Archive
- Library of Congress (via Wikimedia Commons)
- Type
- photograph
- Original size
- 5,932 × 4,266 pixels
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