Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Sock production

 
Original - Advertisement for a late nineteenth century hosiery firm that depicts its factory floor with workers using knitting machines. Published 1886.
Reason
An attractive piece of nineteenth century commercial artwork that gives several views of sock production, both by hand and in a factory setting. Very high resolution. Restored version of File:Stocking factory.jpg. Compressed courtesy copy available at File:Stocking factory2 courtesy copy.jpg for viewers with slower connection speeds.
Articles this image appears in
Knitting machine, Hosiery
Creator
Cooper, Wells & Co.

Promoted File:Stocking factory2.jpg ~ ωαdεstεr16«talkstalk» 06:16, 9 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]