Item 43: Gathering Cotton The Old Way and the New
Scope and Contents
Color image of two separate scenes. Scene on left shows two pickers filling long dragging sacks with cotton. Scene on the right shows a man operating a machine to gather the cotton. Printed on reverse: "While the old method of filling long dragging sacks is still used in the South, the modern mechanical handling enables today's cotton workers to gather manyfold over the quantity possible by hand pickers." Card made in USA by E.C. Kropp Co., Milwaukee, Wis. ca. 1950. 14 x 9 cm.
Format: Postcard.
Dates
- 1842-2003
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
227 Ives Hall
Ithaca NY 14853