Item 15: Cotton Scene on Second Street, Macon, Ga.
Scope and Contents
Color image of a city street, in which a large portion of the street is completely filled with cotton bales, some stacked quite high. A worker is sitting atop some of the bales on the left side of the image. The gray stone building on the left, in front of which most of the bales are placed, has open doors that read "Willingham Cotton." The red building to the right of that has "E.J. & P. D. Willingham Furniture" on its facade. A horse-drawn cart is on the street in the right foreground. Published by Powers Curiosity Store, Macon, Ga. Made in U.S.A. ca. 1907-1915. 13.5 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
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