Inspecting combed silk. Silk industry (spun silk), South Manchester, Conn., U.S.A.

Combed silk as it appears when coming from the dressing machine. Silk industry (spun silk), South Manchester, Conn., U.S.A.

Dressing machine which practically completes the combimg process. Silk industry (spun silk), South Manchester, Conn., U.S.A.

Frisons after washing. Silk industry (spun silk), South Manchester, Conn., U.S.A.

The pierced cocoons as they arrive in bales. Silk industry (spun silk), South Manchester, Conn., U.S.A.

Doubling machine for winding thread into as many ply as desired. Silk industry (reeled silk throwing), South Manchester, Conn., U.S.A.

Winding thread from skeins on to bobbins. Silk industry (reeled silk throwing), South Manchester, Conn., U.S.A.

Weighing and sorting raw silk skeins. Silk industry (reeled silk), South Manchester, Conn., U.S.A.

Weighing and sorting raw silk skeins. Silk industry (reeled silk), South Manchester, Conn., U.S.A.

Opening bales of raw silk as it arrives from China, Japan and Italy. Silk industry (reeled silk), South Manchester, Conn., U.S.A.

Steel works and entrance to harbor.

The Howe S.M. [Sewing Machine] factory.

Norton's saw mill.

Caribou.

Cultivating a field of beets in Colorado.

From the ranch of Mr. Kercheval, Sacramento River, 203 pears, weight, 85 pounds.

Ending a life of centuries, a giant tree falling, logging among the big trees, Converse Basin, California.

The Point, Mendocino County, California.

Mendocino Harbor and Lumber Shutes, Mendocino Co.

Conveying Lumber to the Coast, in a Flume, Point Arrina, Mendocino Co.

Conveying Lumber to the Coast, in a Flume, Point Arrina, Mendocino Co.

Hauling Red Wood Logs to Casper River, Mendocino Co.

Casper Mills, Mouth of River, Mendocino Co.

The Albion Mills, Mendocino Co.

Big River Mills, Mendocino

Big River Mills, Mendocino Co.

Raft leaving the Boom, Big River Mendocino Co.

Raft leaving the Boom, Big River Mendocino Co.

Raft leaving the Boom, Big River Mendocino Co.

The Boom, on Big River, Mendocino Co.