Preparing for carpet weaving using a shuttle stuffer to stuff rags into a shuttle for a semi-automatic loom. He winds the wheel with one hand, which brings the cloth through the two wheels and into the shuttle, while tamping the cloth down with the…
A photograph taken of Henry Schumacher, Amana blacksmith, in August 1937. He is standing at the forge. There is an anvil in the foreground and a hammer on top of the anvil.