Item 68: Steamer Loading Cotton at State Docks, Mobile, Alabama, 1940

Color image of cotton bales being loaded by workers onto steamer ships at the state docks. Some bales are being loaded via ramp, while others are being lifted with ropes. A concrete warehouse is visible on the left side of the image. Printed on reverse of card: "Cargoes of cotton for shipment to European Ports are accumulated in the huge concrete fireproof warehouse and then loaded aboard after being compressed, by the ship's tackle. Southward, on both sides of the river can be seen the dry docks and shipbuilding plants, fish and oyster docks, and many other interesting sights." Made in U.S.A. by E.C. Kropp Co., Milwaukee, Wis. Postmarked May 21, 1940, in Mexboro, Ala. 14 x 9 cm.

Format: Postcard.