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Ida Hertel winding rag strips, which were sewn end to end, into balls. Later the balls would be woven into carpet strips.

Photograph taken from the North side of the Millrace, facing south. The Amana Refrigeration, Inc. plant is behind the Millrace in the former Middle Amana Woolen Mill building.

A communal residence with a man, woman, and two children standing in front of it. One child is sitting on a toy horse. The dirt road in front of the house is visible. The three board fence separates the yard from the road.

Comic Phil Silvers smiles approval as George C. Foerstner, executive vice-president of Amana Refrigeration, Inc., signs contract for "You'll Never Get Rich," a new series in which Silvers will star starting in September on the coast-to-coast CBS…

Two women and two men are seated in front of their house.

One girl is pulling on the lever to produce water, and the other girl is holding a cup up to the pump spout. They are dressed in long dresses with patterns. Sun bonnets are tied around their necks, and they are wearing caps.

Dorothy Trumpold weaving carpet strips on her hand loom.

The braided rug is falling into a willow basket.

Amana Woolen Mill complex including the Building Department looking NE from the south side of the Millrace.

Emil Schaufuss weaving carpet with a semi-automatic loom. Shuttles stuffed with colored rag strips line the window sill behind him, with the shuttle stuffing machine, used to prepare the shuttles, in front of the loom.