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
Contact:
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Ithaca NY 14853
227 Ives Hall
Ithaca NY 14853