United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798Benzur, Gabriel1945Sara Jordan Checking diameter of cotton fibre on a micronaire.View of Expopsition Cotton Mills worker Sara Jordan checking the diameter of cotton fibres on a micronaire machine in the standards laboratory in the Exposition Cotton Mills in Atlanta, Georgia.The International Cotton Exposition of 1881 was one of three expositions in Atlanta designed to attract business and venture capitol to Atlanta. The other two expositions were in 1887 and 1895. Buildings were erected for the 1881 exposition along what is now Ashby Street in West Atlanta. In 1882, these structures were converted into a textile mill, and became the Exposition Cotton Mills, which stood until 1971.image/jpegEmory Cocke Photographs, Kenan Research Center, Atlanta History Center, Atlanta, GeorgiaCotton--Georgia--AtlantaCotton manufacture--Georgia--AtlantaCotton textile industry--Georgia--AtlantaTextile factories--Georgia--AtlantaTextile workers--Georgia--AtlantaWomen textile workers--Georgia--AtlantaClothing and dress--Georgia--AtlantaWork clothes--Georgia--AtlantaLaboratory technicians--Georgia--AtlantaLaboratories--Georgia--AtlantaTesting-machines--Georgia--AtlantaScales (Weighing instruments)--Georgia--AtlantaWork clothes--Georgia--AtlantaExposition Cotton Mills Company--EmployeesTestingGagesThickness measurementWomen--Georgia--AtlantaExposition Cotton Mills CompanyJordan, SaraExposition Cotton MillsStillImage