Item 99: Weighing Cotton, 1905
Scope and Contents
Color image of a cotton bale-filled yard in between several buildings. Workers with cotton bales on dollies are gathered around a large scale, on which a cotton bale is being weighed. Written on front of card: "My latest business in Memphis. Murray." Detroit Publishing Co. Postmarked May 8, 1906 in Memphis, Tenn., and May 10, 1906 in Port Jervis, N.Y. 14 x 9 cm. See Item 107, in this folder, for this same image copyrighted (but undated) by the Detroit Publishing Co. sometime between 1915 and 1924.
Format: Postcard.
Dates
- 1905
Language of Materials
Collection material in English, French, German, Italian, Spanish, Russian
Conditions Governing Access
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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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Ithaca NY 14853