Item 25: Cotton is King--Plantation Scene with Pickers at Work, Georgia

Cotton is King--Plantation Scene with Pickers at Work, Georgia. Black-and-white image of African American workers, both male and female, filling baskets with cotton in a cotton field. An overseer on horseback watches in the background. The United States produces more than half of the world's cotton. The annual output is now nearly 12,000,000 bales of 500 pounds each, worth at the plantation approximately $1,800,000,000. It is the country's largest export. Meadville, Pa.: Keystone View Company, ca. 1900-1920. 17.75 x 8.75 cm.

Format: Stereoptic print.