1935 Print China Farming Silk Worm Labor Burton Holmes Textile Clothing FZ2 Humorous The Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library

The Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library houses a restored 1919 Pierce-Arrow automobile

convertible auto

Photograph by Dr

Dimensions: Approximately 5 x 8 inches

1935 Print China Farming Silk Worm Labor Burton Holmes Textile Clothing FZ2 Humorous The Woodrow Wilson Presidential LibraryThis is an original 1935 halftone print of two Chinese laborers working for the silk industry. The caption writes, "The women and the aged provide free farm labor." Si Ling Chi (Leizu) was the first Empress of China (2640 BCE), and while observing silkworms in her garden, discovered how to process the thread of the cocoon into a new cloth. Photography by R. Moulin and Burton Holmes. Photography by Burton Holmes and the Silk Association of America.