Item 46: Weighing Basket of Freshly Picked Cotton in the Field

Black-and-white image of two male workers in a field, holding a basket of cotton on a pole and using a hand-held scale to weigh it. Several workers look on. The two men on the left taking notes appear to be white, everyone else is African American. A man stands and watches from a wagon filled with baskets of cotton. Stenciled on the wagon is "Made for W. A. Potts Newnan, Ga." Pay for picking the cotton was about one half cent per pound. Meadville, Pa.: Keystone View Company, copyright, Underwood & Underwood, ca. 1900-1920. 17.75 x 8.75 cm.

Format: Stereoptic print.