Item 94: Cotton! Cotton! Cotton! Levee, New Orleans, La.

Black-and-white image of a levee scene in which the ground is covered in rows of cotton bales. Workers can be seen laying and standing on the cotton bales and walking about the levee; the two workers laying on the bales in the foreground are African American. In the background, two large river steamers are visible. The cotton bales have been unloaded from river steamers, and will be loaded onto ocean-going vessels and transported to other states and countries. Meadville, Pa.: Keystone View Comany, ca. 1900-1920. 17.75 x 8.75 cm.

Format: Stereoptic print.