More than a mill, more than machines ... more than mortar, bricks, wood, steel and science ... the art of making better paper lies so much in people ... people, whose experience and rare instinctive skill add that part of paper for which no substitute can be found. It is to these people those men and women here at Eastern whose lives have been devoted to up-holding their code of quality that this book is respectfully dedicated.

View of a man trimming paper with a machine.

View of a calander machine operated by women.

Women sit at a table sorting and finishing large sheets of paper.

View of a paper machine from the "dry end."

View of a paper machine from the "wet end."

A man attends to Hollander beaters, which are used to break down cloth and plant fibers to produce paper pulp.

Women stand at sinks with large baskets of rags next to them.