Box 8

Scope and Contents Color image of a cotton compress, possibly in the building in the left background, with rows of cotton bales along the wooden floor and piles of bales in the background, all out in the open. A worker is standing on a cotton bale in the center of the image. Printed on the reverse of the card: "Oklahoma City is the capital of the recently created state of Oklahoma. It is the principal city in that state. During the cotton season thousands of bales of cotton are brought to the compress to be...

Scope and Contents Color image of an area between buildings nearly completely filled with cotton bales. A worker can be seen standing on a bale in very distant background, and another worker can be seen steering a horse-drawn wagon in the right foreground. A giant water tower is at the back of the baled cotton. Written on the reverse: "You should see the numbers of cotton mills along the R.R. in No. Carolina. Don't see how much longer New England can compete. Very warm. [Chas.]" Postmarked March 27, 1916? [or...

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Color image of a yard full of cotton bales. A worker is seen standing among them on the left side of the image, and several buildings and a field are visible in the background. C.T. American Art Colored. Postmarked April 16, 1928 in Aztec, Arizona. 14 x 9 cm.

Format: Postcard.

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Color image of workers, who appear to be prisoners (some wear striped uniforms), standing on and around a group of cotton bales. Several men, some holding rifles, stand nearby. A shed filled with cotton is on the left of the image. This is most likely the Cummins State Farm, now (2014) known as the Cummins Unit, n Arkansas prison. Little Rock Post Card Co. Postmarked November 10, 1908 in Little Rock, Ark. 13.5 x 8.5 cm.

Format: Postcard.

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Black-and-white image of two workers standing in front of a cotton compress, which is full of cotton. A bale of cotton is visible on a dolly in the left foreground, and bits of cotton are scattered around the floor. Photo by Coovert. I. Samelson & Co., Publishers, Memphis, Tenn. ca. 1902-1907. See Items 10 and 41, in this folder, for color images of this view by two different publishers. 8.75 x 13.75 cm.

Format: Postcard.

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Black-and-white image depicts piles of cotton bales outside in a yard, possibly a train platform. Two men examine the bales (one is stretched out across them), while another man looks on in the background. Location unknown. ca. 1900. 17.5 x 8.5 cm.

Format: Stereoptic print.

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Black-and-white image of the exterior of a cotton compress presumably located in Norfolk, Va., as "Greetings from Norfolk, Va." is printed in the upper right corner of the card. A large yard full of cotton bales is in front of the building, and a worker can be seen transporting a bale of cotton on a dolly on the right side of the image. ca. 1898-1901. 14 x 8.5 cm.

Format: Postcard.

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Color image of a cotton compress and large yard filled with cotton bales. Several workers can be seen standing on and in between the cotton bales. Message written on the back includes: "This is the way they pack cotton down here. We have seen lots of it growing. It looks like tomato vines, with pink and white blossoms." Addressed to someone in Wilton, New Hampshire C.T. American Art. Postmarked July 29, 1924 in Gainesville, Tex. 14 x 9 cm.

Format: Postcard.

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Black-and-white image of a field filled with bales of cotton. A worker is seen steering a horse-drawn wagon through a path through the bales. A bale of cotton weighs 500 pounds. New York: Underwood & Underwood, ca. 1900-1920. 17.75 x 8.75 cm.

Format: Stereoptic print.

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Color image of a large yard full of bales of cotton, with buildings and a cotton compress visible in the background. Lettering on the red building in the right background reads: "St. Louis Cotton Compress Co." Postmarked June 28, 1915 . 14 x 9 cm.

Format: Postcard.