Item 79: Shipping Cotton, 1906

Color image of workers loading cotton bales onto a ship for export. One worker can be seen at the front of a row of bales, moving a bale up a ramp onto the ship. Other workers can be seen using a dolly to move a bale. Printed on reverse of card: "Shipping cotton. Three-fourths of the cotton supply of the world is grown in the U.S.; in 1905, 7,000,000 bales were exported. Standard bales weigh 500 pounds; if they are to be shipped any great distance, they are reduced to one-third their bulk by secondary presses, and thus compressed, are forced into the holds of the ships by jackscrews in order to occupy as little space as possible." Raphael Tuck & Sons' Post Card Series No. 2384 "Under Soiuthern Skies." Postmarked September [2], 1906, in Savannah, Ga., and Sept. 3, 1906 in Chicopee Falls, Mass. 14 x 9 cm.

Format: Postcard.