Four men demonstrating a ramie machine for making fiber, ca.1925

Photograph of four men demonstrating a ramie machine for making fiber, ca.1925. Two men, holding bundles of ramie stalks, supply the machine feeder with a constant supply of ramie stalks. The feeder holds the stalks steady as it goes through the machine. Another man at the other end pulls the processed fiber as the fiber gets ejected from the machine. The machine consists of a table (where the feeder feeds it), stamping mill, wheels, and sprockets. Belts, attached to a motor, run the sprockets on the machine to turn its many operational parts. A frieze on the wall (at left) shows babies heads looking in different directions.

此为约1925年四名男子演示苎麻（ramie）纤维制作机械的老照片。两名男子手持成捆的苎麻茎秆，持续向机械进料装置供料；进料装置会将茎秆固定，使其平稳通过整机。另有一名男子站在机器另一端，待加工完成的纤维从设备中输出时将其牵引收集。该机械由工作台（进料装置供料处）、冲压机组、滚轮与链轮构成，与电机相连的传动带驱动机器上的链轮，以此带动整机各运转部件运作。左侧墙面的檐壁饰带（frieze）上，绘有朝向各异的婴儿头像。