Item 45: Cotton Picking Time
Scope and Contents
Color image shows three mechanical cotton pickers, each with a driver. One man stands in front of the middle cotton picker. On the left is an open railroad car-size trailer full of cotton. Printed on reverse: "Greetings from Dixieland! The modern cotton pickers offer sharp contrast to the back-breaking job of hand picking cotton." Mechanical cotton pickers were introduced in the South in the late 1940s. National Post Card Service, Sebring, Fla. [after 1963] 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