Item 17: Baling Cotton--a powerful press just releasing a 500 lb bale--at a mill in Texas

Black-and-white image of a male worker operating a cotton press. Standard bales measure 54 inches in length, 24-27 inches in breadth, and 30-40 inches in height, and weigh approximately 500 pounds. Information on the reverse of the card notes the low light, lack of windows, and lint in the atmosphere that factory workers breathe in continuously, and states that conditions are improving nationally, due to "constant investigation and agitation" by the government and private parties. New York: Underwood & Underwood, ca. 1900-1920. 17.75 x 8.75 cm.

Format: Postcard.