Box 8

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Color image of a packet boat in a river, piled high with cotton bales. A large number of workers can be seen sitting and standing on top of the bales and on a platforn at the lower part of the front of the boat. The riverbank is visible in the background of the image. Adolf Selige Pub. Co., St. Louis--Leipzig. Printed in Germany. ca. 1907-1915. 13.5 x 8.5 cm.

Format: Postcard.

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Black-and-white image of a man sitting atop a wagon piled with cotton bales three rows high. The wagon is being pulled by at least four mules. A few other people on horseback and several buildings are visible along the street in the background of the image. ca. 1902-1907. 14 x 8.5 cm.

Format: Postcard.

Scope and Contents Color image of African American workers rolling cotton bales down a bluff to be loaded on the waiting steamer. Some workers stand near a large group of cotton bales at the top of the bluff, while others are in the midst of rolling bales down the bluff. Printed on reverse of card: "Rolling cotton down the bluff. This picture shows the negroes rolling the cotton down the bluff to be loaded on the waiting steamer. The average bale weighs 500 pounds. One hundred years ago it would have taken a...

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Color image of two views of Mecklenburg County roads. In the top image, a car holding several men and women is driving on the road near a bridge, and a horse-drawn wagon is barely visible in the background. In the bottom image, a horse (or mule)-drawn wagon piled high with cotton bales travels on a road, behind several wagons pulling smaller loads of other items. Published by S.H. Kress & Co. Made in U.S.A. ca. 1907-1915. 8.5 x 13.75 cm.

Format: Postcard.

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Color image of open, flatbed railroad cars loaded with bales of cotton. Other train tracks and traincars and buildings are visible in the background of the image. Raphael Tuck & Sons' Series No. 2653, "From Southern Soil." Photochromed in Saxony. Dated April 18, 1909 but not postmarked. 14 x 9 cm.

Format: Postcard.

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Color image of traincars on a track, some open flatbed cars, loaded high with bales of cotton. The car in the foreground has six rows of bales piled high, not counting what cannot be seen within the sides of the car. "Phostint" made only by Detroit Publishing Co. Postmarked May 17, 1915, Southern Pines, N.C. 14 x 8.5 cm.

Format: Postcard.

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Color image of a horse-drawn cotton cart loaded with four cotton bales. The cart appears in front of a brick building, and an African American man holds the reins. "Phostint" card made only by Detroit Publishing Co. ca. 1915-1924. 14 x 8.5 cm.

Format: Postcard.

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Sepia- tinted image of a docked boat filled with cotton bales. A group of men, almost all wearing three-piece suits and hats, sit and stand on the bales. In the background, men can be seen loading cotton bales onto the boat. Photo only copyright by F.S.W. Made in Germany. Dated on reverse December 29, 1909. 13.5 x 8.5 cm.

Format: Postcard.

Scope and Contents Color image of cotton bales being loaded by workers onto steamer ships at the state docks. Some bales are being loaded via ramp, while others are being lifted with ropes. A concrete warehouse is visible on the left side of the image. Printed on reverse of card: "Cargoes of cotton for shipment to European Ports are accumulated in the huge concrete fireproof warehouse and then loaded aboard after being compressed, by the ship's tackle. Southward, on both sides of the river can be seen the dry...

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Black-and-white image of workers standing with bales of cotton in front of a shed. Several brick buildings are visible in the background. The back of the stereograph contains an advertisement for The American Tobacco company, based in the Green River District of Kentucky. Elisabeth, N.J.: Alfred S. Campbell. 17.75 x 8.75 cm.

Format: Stereoptic print.