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Box 7

 Container

Contains 194 Results:

Item 56: Cotton Picking, Savannah, Georgia

 File — Box: 7, Folder: 4
Scope and Contents

Black-and-white image of cotton pickers in the field. Some pickers in the foreground are shown with baskets on their shoulders. Trees shown in background. ca. 1890 17.5 x 8.5 cm.

Format: Stereoptic print.

Dates: 1842-2003

Item 57: "De Lan' O' Cotton," New Orleans, La.

 File — Box: 7, Folder: 4
Scope and Contents

Color image of an older African American man picking cotton and putting it into his sack. A woman is off the the side watching him. A wooden building is in the background. F. L. Howe, Atlanta [photographer?]. ca. 1907-1915. 8.75 x 13.5 cm. See Item 41, in this folder, for this same man in a wider view, with different colored clothes, and no location given.

Format: Postcard.

Dates: 1842-2003

Item 58: Cotton Picking Time, Southern Pines, N.C., 1914

 File — Box: 7, Folder: 4
Scope and Contents

Color image of several African American women bent over picking cotton. A rather ramshackle cabin is in the background, with another smaller cabin to the right. Hand colored postcard. Published by Eddy's Studio, Southern Pines, N. C. Copyright 1914 by E. C. Eddy, Southern Pines, N.C. Postmarked Jan. 25, 1940 in Southern Pines, N.C. 14 x 9 cm.

Format: Postcard.

Dates: 1914

Item 59: Picking Cotton, 1905

 File — Box: 7, Folder: 4
Scope and Contents

Color image of three African American men in the field, filling sacks with cotton. Dated March 15, 1905 in Augusta, Ga.; postmarked March 15, 1905 in Augusta, and March 17, 1905 in Springfield, Mass. 14 x 9 cm.

Format: Postcard.

Dates: 1905

Item 60: Picking Cotton

 File — Box: 7, Folder: 4
Scope and Contents

Color image of three African American adults filling long sacks with cotton. In the foreground are three children alongside the adults. Unknown location. ca. 1907-1915. 13.5 x 8.5 cm.

Format: Postcard.

Dates: 1842-2003

Item 61: Picking Cotton

 File — Box: 7, Folder: 4
Scope and Contents

Color image of several African American men and women in the field picking cotton, including some children. One woman in front with a red dress and a big straw hat is shown filling her sack. The man in front seems to be inspecting more than picking. Unknown location. ca. 1907-1915. 14 X 9 cm.

Format: Postcard.

Dates: 1842-2003

Item 62: Picking Cotton, 1904

 File — Box: 7, Folder: 4
Scope and Contents

Color image of African Americans picking cotton, primarily men but at least one woman is visible. A large basket in the foreground is filled with cotton. Postmarked March 3, 1904 in Augusta, Ga., and March 5, 1904 in Springfield, Mass. 8 x 14 cm.

Format: Postcard.

Dates: 1904

Item 63: Cotton is King, Plantation Scene, Georgia, U.S.A., 1895

 File — Box: 7, Folder: 4
Scope and Contents

Black-and-white image of African American cotton pickers--men, women, and at least one child--in a field picking cotton. Overseer on horseback in the background. Small child with her hand in the basket in the foreground. Title is printed on reverse in English, French, German, Spanish, Swedish, and Russian. New York: Underwood & Underwood. 17.75 x 8.75 cm.

Format: Stereoptic print.

Dates: 1895

Item 64: Picking Cotton, 1906

 File — Box: 7, Folder: 4
Scope and Contents

Color image of Afrrican American cotton pickers, all male, filling large sacks of cotton in large cotton field. An overseer on horseback is in the background. Unknown location. Copyright 1906 by Detroit Publishing Co. 14 X 9 cm.

Format: Postcard.

Dates: 1906

Item 65: Pickers Grouped in Cotton Field, 1892

 File — Box: 7, Folder: 4
Scope and Contents

Black-and-white image of a group of African American cotton pickers, all men, but also one young girl and one young boy. Two of the pickers have their hats tucked into their suspenders. Unknown location. Littleton, New Hampshire: Photographed and published by B. W. Kilburn. 17.75 x 8.75 cm.

Format: Stereoptic print.

Dates: 1892