United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798Benzur, Gabriel1945[further information on reverse of photograph]View of men doing a safety inspection on a gear guard to make sure it is in the proper place on the loom at the Cotton Exposition 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 workers--Georgia--AtlantaTextile factories--Georgia--AtlantaTextile machinery--Georgia--AtlantaCotton machinery--Georgia--AtlantaMachinery--Georgia--AtlantaLooms--Georgia--AtlantaIndustrial safety--Georgia--AtlantaIndustrial equipment--Maintenance and repairWork clothes--Georgia--AtlantaMen--Georgia--AtlantaExposition Cotton Mills Company--EmployeesInspections--Georgia--AtlantaEmployees--Training of--Georgia--AtlantaSafetyClothing and dress--Georgia--AtlantaExposition Cotton Mills CompanyExposition Cotton MillsStillImage