Box 8

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Color image of a large cotton compress. A shed and large yard filled with cotton bales surround it. Many city buildings are visible in the distant background, and train cars labeled St. Louis & San Francisco are in the foreground. Postmarked October 16, 1909 in Oklahoma City. 13.5 x 8.5 cm.

Format: Postcard.

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Black-and-white image of male worker operating charging box. A bale of cotton sits on the box on the left side of the image. Printed on the front of the postcard: "Size of charging box: 96" x 48" x 22"; Size of bale: 14" x 14" x 20"; Weight of bale: 250 to 300 pounds. Harris Foundry & Machine Co. Cordele, Georgia." Photo-Cards--Kaeser & Blair, Inc., Cincinnati, Ohio. ca. 1915-1930. 14 x 9 cm.

Format: Postcard.

Scope and Contents Black-and-white image of a male worker operating a cotton press. Standard bales measure 54 inches in length, 24-27 inches in breadth, and 30-40 inches in height, and weigh approximately 500 pounds. Information on the reverse of the card notes the low light, lack of windows, and lint in the atmosphere that factory workers breathe in continuously, and states that conditions are improving nationally, due to "constant investigation and agitation" by the government and private parties. New York:...

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Black-and-white image of a New Orleans levee loaded with stacked cotton bales, ready for transportation. Several people can be seen on horseback or wagons, riding through paths in between the bales of cotton. Buildings in background. ca. 1902-1907. 13.5 x 8.5 cm.

Format: Postcard.

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Black-and- white image of bales of cotton filling the yards in between several buildings on the left and railroad cars on the right, although more bales can be seen to the right of the railroad cars. Workers can be seen with wagons in the rows between the cotton bales. Note on back of card mentions that the city is having a "cotton carnival." F. Oklendorf, Pub., Galveston, Tex. Postmarked August 4, 1909. 13.5 x 8.5 cm.

Format: Postcard.

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Color image of two cotton workers, one pushing a bale of cotton on a dolly, and the other standing on top of a row a bales. A brick building is visible in the background. C. T. Cotton Picking Scenes--10 Subjects. Genuine Curteich-Chicago "C.T. Art Colortone" Post Card. Postmarked March 14, 1944 in memphis, Tenn. 14 x 9 cm.

Format: Postcard.

Scope and Contents Black-and-white image of two male workers in a field, holding a basket of cotton on a pole and using a hand-held scale to weigh it. Several workers look on. The two men on the left taking notes appear to be white, everyone else is African American. A man stands and watches from a wagon filled with baskets of cotton. Stenciled on the wagon is "Made for W. A. Potts Newnan, Ga." Pay for picking the cotton was about one half cent per pound. Meadville, Pa.: Keystone View Company, copyright,...

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Black-and-white image of a 500-lb bale of cotton, just after it was released from a press at a mill in Texas. A bale and a large hook on the end of a chain are visible in the foreground; the hook is likely used to move bales. The press is in the background. New York: Underwood & Underwood, ca. 1900-1920. 17.75 x 8.75 cm.

Format: Stereoptic print.

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Black-and-white image of two male African American workers using presses and a cake former to extract cottonseed oil from cooked cottonseed cakes. The worker in the foreground can be seen using the cake former, and the worker in the background can be seen using the hydraulic press. Meadville, Pa.: Keystone View Company, ca. 1900-1920. 17.75 x 8.75 cm.

Format: Stereoptic print.

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Black-and-white image of a cotton baling press. Text on back of photograph: "THE TEXTILE INDUSTRY, 18th & 19th centuries. 9. Baling-press." Tolson Memorial Museum, Huddersfield, England. Baling press is presumably on display or in the holdings of the Tolson Memorial Museum. [no later than 1962] 9 x 14 cm.

Format: Postcard.