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Item 37: Cotton Compress, Gainesville, Texas, 1924

 File — Box: 8, Folder: 4

Scope and Contents

Color image of a cotton compress and large yard filled with cotton bales. Several workers can be seen standing on and in between the cotton bales. Message written on the back includes: "This is the way they pack cotton down here. We have seen lots of it growing. It looks like tomato vines, with pink and white blossoms." Addressed to someone in Wilton, New Hampshire C.T. American Art. Postmarked July 29, 1924 in Gainesville, Tex. 14 x 9 cm.

Format: Postcard.

Dates

  • 1924

Language of Materials

Collection material in English, French, German, Italian, Spanish, Russian

Conditions Governing Access

From the Collection:

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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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