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Item 106: Weighing in Cotton Yard, West Point, Mississippi, 1909

 File — Box: 8, Folder: 4

Scope and Contents

Black- and-white image of a cotton yard filled with rows of cotton bales. In the foreground, several workers are weighing a bale of cotton using a large scale, while other workers wait with mule-drawn wagons filled with cotton bales on the right. Workers all appear to be African American. Copyright 1908 by H. Tees. Published by the Tees Studio, West Point, Miss. Postmarked May 19, 1909 in West Point, Miss. 14 x 9 cm.

Format: Postcard.

Dates

  • 1909

Language of Materials

Collection material in English, French, German, Italian, Spanish, Russian

Conditions Governing Access

From the Collection:

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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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