Item 6: 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. Written on the reverse: "You should see the numbers of cotton mills along the R.R. in No. Carolina. Don't see how much longer New England can compete. Very warm. [Chas.]" Postmarked March 27, 1916? [or 1918] in Atlanta, Ga. See Item 5, in this folder, for an identical view. 13.75 x 8.5 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