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Item 126: Cotton gins--one of the greatest industrial inventions--separating fiber from seed--Texas

 File — Box: 8, Folder: 4

Scope and Contents

Black- and-white image depicts workmen standing by a row of ginning machines. The gins remove the twigs, leaves, etc., separate the seed from the cotton, and deposit the cotton on the ginning floor to be baled. 10,000,000 commercial bales of cotton have been ginned annually, and one-quarter of the entire output each year was baled in Texas. Meadville, Pa.: Keystone View Company, ca. 1900-1920. 17.75 x 8.75 cm. See Item 129, in this folder, for the same title and information on the reverse but a different image.

Format: Stereoptic print.

Dates

  • 1842-2003

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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