- Collection:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia
- Title:
- Carpet Machine
- Date of Original:
- 1970/1979
- Subject:
- Rug and carpet industry--Georgia
Textile machinery--Georgia
Tufting machines--Georgia
Factories--Georgia
Textile factories--Georgia
Carpets--Georgia - Location:
- United States, Georgia, 32.75042, -83.50018
- Medium:
- black-and-white photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- While the introduction of new machinery to textile factories in the 1970s resulted in workforce reductions across the state, the carpet industry of north Georgia weathered such changes, producing around 80 percent of the world's carpets in the twenty-first century.
Photograph of a tufting machine in a Georgia textile factory, taken in the 1970s. - Metadata URL:
- https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/business-economy/textile-industry/m-9331/
- Rights Holder:
- Courtesy of Thomas M. Deaton
Courtesy of Carpet and Rug Institute - Additional Rights Information:
- Please contact holding institution for information regarding use and copyright status.
- Original Collection:
- http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/business-economy/textile-industry
Forms part of: New Georgia Encyclopedia - Holding Institution:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia (Project)
- Rights:
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