Box 12
Contains 155 Results:
Item 1: Variation in length of staple in American cotton
Gelatin silver print. ca. 1916. Black and white image shows six samples of cotton arranged in two columns. The samples appear to be slightly stretched horizontally. These samples range from 7/8" to 1 3/8". See Item 2, in this folder, for a virtually identical image. 18 x 9 cm.
Format: Stereoptic print.
Item 2: Variation in length of staple in American cotton
Gelatin silver print, ca. 1918. Black and white image shows six samples of cotton arranged in two columns. The samples appear to be slightly stretched horizontally. These samples range from 7/8" to 1 3/8". See Item 1, in this folder, for a virtually identical image. These samples range from 7/8" to 1 3/8". 18 x 9 cm.
Format: Stereoptic print.
Item 3: Cotton boll
Gelatin silver print, ca. 1918. Black and white image shows a cotton boll that has a small amount of stem still attached. 18 x 9 cm.
Format: Stereoptic print.
Item 4: Cotton bolls as picked from the cotton plant
Gelatin silver print, ca. 1918. Black and white image shows six cotton bolls that are still attached to bits of stem. 18 x 9 cm.
Format: Stereoptic print.
Item 5: Bale of cotton
Gelatin silver print, ca. 1918. Black and white image shows a roughly 500 pound bale of cotton being held upright by a wooden support. The bale is wrapped in burlap, but the cotton is spilling out of some rips in the covering. See Item 8, in this folder, for a virtually identical image. 18 x 9 cm.
Format: Stereoptic print.
Item 6: Bale of cotton and male worker
Gelatin silver print, ca. 1918. Black and white image shows a male worker standing by a bale of raw cotton, which weighs about 500 pounds. The bale is wrapped in burlap, but the cotton is spilling out of some rips in the covering. See also Item 9, in this folder, for another image of this worker. 18 x 9 cm.
Format: Stereoptic print.
Item 7: Opened bales of cotton
Gelatin silver print, ca. 1918. Black and white image shows a large mound of cotton that was previously contained in a bale. The mound still retains a rough cubic shape. Barely visible in the background is a bale still in its burlap covering. 18 x 9 cm.
Format: Stereoptic print.
Item 8: Bale of cotton
Gelatin silver print, ca. 1918. Black and white image shows a propped up bale of raw cotton, which weighs about 500 pounds. The bale is wrapped in burlap, but the cotton is spilling out of some rips in the covering. See Item 5, in this folder, for a virtually identical image. 18 x 9 cm.
Format: Stereoptic print.
Item 9: Bale of cotton and male worker
Gelatin silver print, ca. 1918. Black and white image shows a male worker using a dolly cart to move a bale of raw cotton, weighing roughly 500 pounds. The bale is wrapped in burlap, but the cotton is spilling out of some rips in the covering. See also Item 6, in this folder, for another image of this worker. 18 x 9 cm.
Format: Stereoptic print.
Item 10: Opened bales
Gelatin silver print, ca. 1918. Black and white image shows multiple bales of cotton that have been opened, with the burlap covering removed, lying next to or stacked on another. 18 x 9 cm.
Format: Stereoptic print.