Box 8

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Black-and-white image of two African American males removing cottonseed cakes from a press and stripping the cloths off them. Cottonseed cakes are placed into the press to remove the oil. Cottonseed cakes were sold as stock feed, and when ground up, they became cottonseed meal. Meadville, Pa.: Keystone View Company, ca. 1900-1920. 17.75 x 8.75 cm.

Format: Stereoptic print.

Scope and Contents Color image of a wine and cotton press in a grassy park. Printed on the reverse of the card: "This antique machine stands in Tarboro's Town Common, an aging witness to the days when Cotton was King." The Tarboro Cotton Press was originally a wine and cider press, but was converted to a cotton press about 1860. In 1938, it was moved to Tarboro's Town Common. The press is constructed of yellow pine. It has a large screw that is used to compress the cotton into a wooden form to produce the...

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Color image of a male African American worker using a dolly to move a bale of cotton. Several more rows of cotton bales are pictured behind the worker. "Colourpicture" Publication, Cambridge, Mass., U.S.A. ca. 1930-1944. 14 x 9 cm.

Format: Postcard.

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Black-and-white image of a cotton compress (in the building in the background) with a large yard filled with rows of cotton bales surrounding the building. H. H. Clarke, Oklahoma City, Okla. [Made in] Germany. Postmarked Nov. 30 in Oklahoma but year is illegible. ca. 1902-1907. 13.5 x 8.5 cm.

Format: Postcard.

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Color image of a cotton compress building in the background with a large yard full of cotton bales in front of it. Published by The South-West News Company, Kansas City, Mo. Dresden-Leipzig-Berlin. Made in Germany. ca. 1907-1915. 13.5 x 8.5 cm.

Format: Postcard.

Scope and Contents Color image of a packet floating down the Mississippi River, piled high with cotton bales. Workers can be seen standing both on the top of the cotton bales and on a small platform on the lower part of the front of the boat. Printed on the reverse of the card: " 'Down upon the Mississippi.' The packets plying the Mississippi River measure 50 feet from keel to root of upper cabin; their average length is 250 feet, with a carrying capacity of a thousand tons. The main deck is occupied by...

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Color image of several large boats docked at a levee. The land near the dock has many cotton bales, as well as various other sacks. Workers are seen standing and sitting on and near the cotton bales and boats. Photograph courtesy Chamber of Commerce, Memphis, Tenn. Sold by Bluff City News Co., Memphis, Tenn. A "Colourpicture" Publication, Boston 15, Mass. ca. 1943-1945. 14 x 9 cm.

Format: Postcard.

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Color image of numerous flatbed traincars on a track, loaded with bales of cotton. Male workers are standing and sitting on top of the bales. ca. 1907-1915. 14 x 8.5 cm.

Format: Postcard.

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Color image of a packet floating in a river. The boat is piled high with cotton bales. Workers can be seen standing on top of the cotton bales, and also on a platform on the lower part of the front of the boat. ca. 1907-1915. See also Item 55, in this folder, for basically the same image with some explanation of Mississippi River packets. 13.5 x 8.5 cm.

Format: Postcard.

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Color image of a male worker sitting on a bale of cotton on the waterfront. The ground behind the worker is covered with cotton bales. A boat can be seen floating down the river in the background. Bluff City News Co., Memphis, Tenn. "C.T. Art-Colortone" made only by Curt Teich & Co., Inc., Chicago. ca. 1930-1944. 14 x 9 cm.

Format: Postcard.