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Item 138: Cleaned cotton ready for baling at the gin

 File — Box: 8, Folder: 4

Scope and Contents

Black-and-white image shows workman arranging cotton within a wooden bin to prepare for baling. What is shown here is the plantation "flat" or gin-box bale. After the cotton is ginned it is pressed to a density of 12 pounds or more to the square foot, covered with sacking and shipped to the compress for repressing. No location given. Meadville, Pa.: Keystone View Company, ca. 1900- 1920. 17.75 x 8.75 cm.

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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