Item 18: Cotton is King

Color image of cotton picking on a plantation. Scene shows piles of cotton in foreground with a basket off to the side. A boy in the foreground with a blue shirt appears to be emptying his bag into the pile of cotton. A little girl in a pink dress is shown sitting on the ground on the left. More workers are picking cotton in the background. All appear to be African American with the exception of the little girl. ca. 1900. 17.75 x 8.75 cm. See Item 17, in this folder, for the same image, reversed, with the caption "Cotton Plantation Scene," and Item 24, in this folder, for a black-and-white image, reversed, with the caption "Cotton is king, a plantation scene."

Format: Stereoptic print.