Item 8: Cotton Growing in the Rio Grande Valley near El Paso, Texas, 1924
Scope and Contents
Color image of a field full of cotton and a man in the field examining the cotton. Written on the reverse: "9/28/24 Dear Mr. Smith, I thought of you as I was riding through the cotton belt of Texas. They are picking & ginning it now. They had a very hot and dry season this year & will have a good crop in this state by the looks of the fields. Very Sincerely, A. R. Thompson Jr. '22." Addressed to Mr. Stephen Smith at the Lowell Textile School, Moody St., Lowell, Mass. Thompson was presumably a graduate of the Class of 1922. Made in U.S.A. Postmarked Sept. 28, 1924 in El Paso. 13.5 x 8.5 cm.
Format: Postcard.
Dates
- 1924
Language of Materials
Collection material in English, French, German, Italian, Spanish, Russian
Conditions Governing Access
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Extent
6.33 cubic feet
Repository Details
Part of the Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives Repository