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#877 Weave Room Personnel - January 1953
| 1st row (L to R): | “Tiny” Scruggs, Edith Tate Mintz, Rena Humphries, Ruby Huskey, Larine “Susie” Earls Conner |
| 2nd row: | ?, Marvin “Whit” Whitaker, ?, Aster Harris, Lewis Jefferson Hicks, Ralph Taylor |
| 3rd row: | Boss Scruggs , Broadus Norville, Horace White |
No, those spooky-looking machines in the background aren't from Dr. Frankenstein's laboratory, they are Jacquard looms. They were programmed, not unlike a player piano, using sections of large punch cards strung together, to weave intricate patterns in terry cloth products.
From Reno Bailey collection
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