Item 130: Cotton Gin, El Campo, Texas

Black-and-white image shows complex of wooden buildings with a water tower and chimney. Horse-drawn carts filled with cotton wait in line by the loading dock. Printed on the card: "The above plant was able to handle one-half of the cotton crop of 1906. The total El Campo crop was 5,000 bales. (See Rice Mill in background.)" Card may have been used for promotion as a call-out at right top reads: "Write Gulf Coast Land and Investment Co., St. Louis, Mo., El Campo, Tex." ca. 1906-1907. 12.5 x 9 cm.

Format: Postcard.