Federal Emergency Relief Administration (FERA) Photograph Collection at the Colorado State Archives

Mattress Projects, Denver Plant at 260 West 11th Avenue, 16-D5-73

"...On March 14, 1935 the first allocation of cotton had been utilized and a summary of the operations for that date discloses that; in the Denver factory approximately 1,250 relief workers had been employed, under a maximum daily complement of 263 and a minimum of 112, that approximately 144,625 hours of relief labor had been utilized at a cost of $90,375...The mattresses were completed and released to the Department of Commodity Distribution in the following  quantities and at the respective costs shown..."

    Detail of the cutting operation, nd

    General view of the sewing section, nd

    Inspecting the finished tick

    Feeding the fluffing and blowing machine

    Beating to distribute the fill evenly throughout the tick

    General view of the end sewing section

    Detail of the lacing operation

    Detail of roll edge sewing

    General view of tying operation

    General view of wrapping section

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