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Myrtle Bagwell, Youngest Spinner, 1912
1912年時,瑪朵貝格威爾 (Myrtle Bagwell) 是棉織廠裡年紀最小的紡紗工人。若是現在,貝格威爾絕對無法在工廠裡紡紗,因為那違背了美國的兒童勞工法

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美國的第一家棉織廠在17901220日開始運作

你的T-Shirt在離開紡織廠時,可能還只是一塊布而已。接著,這塊布在工廠經過切割與縫紉,後來還可能到其他地方加以修飾,最後才經過批發商運到各地商店去販賣。對一團棉線球來說,這個過程還真是複雜呢!


Your T-shirt probably left a mill as a sheet of fabric. Next, the material went to a factory to be cut and sewn. It may have been decorated somewhere else before being shipped to a warehouse and then to the store where it was purchased. That's quite a process for a little fluffy ball of cotton.
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