Item 5: Cotton Blockade
Scope and Contents
Color image of an area between buildings nearly completely filled with cotton bales. A worker can be seen standing on a bale in very distant background, and another worker can be seen steering a horse-drawn wagon in the right foreground. A giant water tower is at the back of the baled cotton. Published by The Chessier Co., Baltimore, Md. ca. 1915-1930. 14 x 8.5 cm. See Item 6, in this folder, for an identical view with a message commenting on number of cotton mills in North Carolina and how much longer New England could compete.
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