Box 8

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Color image 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. C.E. Wheelock & Co., Peoria, Ill. and Leipzig. Made in Germany. ca. 1907-1915. See Item 9, in this folder, for a black-and-white image of this view and Item 41, in this folder, for this same image bya different publisher. 8.5 x 14 cm.

Format: Postcard.

Scope and Contents Color image of an old cotton press, several portions of which appear to be falling down or missing. A man and a dog can be seen standing next to it on the left. Printed on the reverse of the card: "The Old Antebellum Cotton Press. Each plantation had its own gin and cotton press, operated by mule power. The seed cotton was held in a box, inside of which was a grate of steel bars; between this were notched steel discs, which rotated rapidly and separated the fibre from the seeds; a cylinder...

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Color image of yellow cotton compress building surrounded by a large yard full of cotton bales. Three workers can be seen standing near the entrance of the building. ca. 1907-1915. 14 cm x 8.5 cm.

Format: Postcard.

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Color image of a cotton compress, shed and large yard filled with cotton bales. A pile of wooden planks can be seen at the front of the yard, and workers are riding horse-drawn wagons loaded with cotton bales. Several other workers can be seen walking among the rows of bales. Published by International Post Card Co., New York. Made in Germany. Postmarked October 28, 1907 in Birmingham, Ala. 13.5 x 8.5 cm.

Format: Postcard.

Scope and Contents Black-and-white image of a cotton compress powered by a horse. The large screw in the center of the press is used to compress the cotton. A horse is tied to one of the large wooden beams, or booms, of the compress, and as the horse moves in a circle, the screw rotates to compress the cotton. An African American man stands at the center of the compress with a basket of cotton at his feet; he may be feeding cotton into the press. A white man dressed in a suit jacket and wearing a cap looks on...

Scope and Contents Color image of a city street, in which a large portion of the street is completely filled with cotton bales, some stacked quite high. A worker is sitting atop some of the bales on the left side of the image. The gray stone building on the left, in front of which most of the bales are placed, has open doors that read "Willingham Cotton." The red building to the right of that has "E.J. & P. D. Willingham Furniture" on its facade. A horse-drawn cart is on the street in the right foreground....

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Color image 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. Detroit Publishing Co. Postmarked March 16, 1916 in Dallas, Tex. See Item 9, in this folder, for a black-and-white image of this view and Item 10, in this folder, for this same image bya different publisher. 8.75 x 14 cm.

Format: Postcard.

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Color image of African American woman holding a large basket filled with cotton on her head. The ground is covered in cotton. She stands in front of a building, and a person can be seen standing in the doorway, holding cotton. Postmarked August 27, 1909 in Wichita Falls, Texas. 13.5 x 8.5 cm.

Format: Postcard.

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Black-and-white image depicts large field of frames holding drying cotton. Bags of cotton and piles of raw cotton in foreground; numerous African American workers visible in foreground. [U.S. Army Signal Corps Photo?] "Brown Studio, Greenville, Miss." imprinted in lower left corner. ca. 1926-1939. 13.75 x 8.75 cm.

Format: Postcard.

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Color image of a huge pile of cotton seed sacks behind a fence that is dwarfed by the pile. A man stands on the top of the pile. Buildings can be glimpsed in the background. Published by The Acmegraph Co., Chicago. ca. 1907-1915. 13.5 x 8.5 cm.

Format: Postcard.