Box 7

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Color image of stalk in center of card bursting with ripened cotton. Postmarked Nov. 10, 1942 in Atlanta, Georgia. Genuine Curteich-chicago "C.T. Art-Colortone" postcard. See Item 1, in this folder, for this same scene but not as colorized. 14 x 9 cm.

Format: Postcard.

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Gelatin silver print, ca. 1910. Black and white image of cotton plants with boll weevils on them. Subtitled: "The [Mexican] boll weevil which destroys $200,000,000 worth of cotton in a [full] season." The boll weevil has been the cause of abandonment of cotton growing in some sections entirely. Published by Keystone View Company in U.S.A. 17.5 x 8.5 cm.

Format: Stereoptic print.

Scope and Contents Color image of a field full of cotton and a man in the field examining the cotton. Written on the reverse: "9/28/24 Dear Mr. Smith, I thought of you as I was riding through the cotton belt of Texas. They are picking & ginning it now. They had a very hot and dry season this year & will have a good crop in this state by the looks of the fields. Very Sincerely, A. R. Thompson Jr. '22." Addressed to Mr. Stephen Smith at the Lowell Textile School, Moody St., Lowell, Mass. Thompson was...

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Black-and-white image depicts two-story cotton mill with a four-story tower in the background. In the foreground is a large cotton field. The cotton growing season begins in January with plowing the ground and ends with picking from September through December. The bolls do not open at the same time, hence there are several pickings on any plantation. Meadville, Pa.: Keystone View Company, ca. 1900-1920. 17.75 x 8.75 cm.

Format: Stereoptic print.

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Black-and-white image of a man and a child picking cotton in a field of cotton. Sea Island cotton has always been grown for quality rather than quantity. Each grower selects his own seed and selects it carefully. Different varieties are kept pure and sold to a considerable extent under the brand of the grower. Meadville, Pa.: Keystone View Company, ca. 1900- 1920. 17.75 x 8.75 cm.

Format: Stereoptic print.

Scope and Contents Black-and-white image of a man hoeing a cotton field. After the field is plowed, the plow is followed by laborers, who draw the loose soil around the plants. This process is called "hauling" and is done to keep the plants erect. This process is done from time to time until four "haulings" have been made. When blossoming time is over no further haulings need to be made. The man seen here is drawing the earth up around the plant. Meadville, Pa.: Keystone View Company, ca. 1905. 17.75 x 8.75...

Scope and Contents Black-and-white image showing workers in the field hoeing plants grown from last year's plants. This image taken in the Imperial Valley, Calif. Because this valley is part of the old Colorado desert, which was once considered one of the uninhabitable deserts in American districts of country below the level of the sea where billows of sand drift across the desert, all of the land was deemed worthless. Irrigation has reclaimed them. In October 1909, the first bale of cotton was ginned in this...

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Black-and-white image showing an African American man behind a team of horses plowing a field. It is the usual custom to plow the fields during the late winter months as the seed is generally planted in March or April. Afterwards just before planting, the fields are ridged by means of plowing as shown in this image. Meadville, Pa.: Keystone View Company, ca. 1900-1920. 17.75 x 8.75 cm.

Format: Stereoptic print.

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Color image depicts a cotton field with a dirt road leading to a house and barn in the background. Trees showing in background. Published by Eddy's Studio, Southern Pines, N.C. Printed by The Albertype Co., Brooklyn, N.Y. ca. 1907-1915. 13.5. x 8.5 cm.

Format: Postcard.

Scope and Contents Black-and-white image depicts a man handling a mule-drawn plow, banking up the cotton plants. Another man with a plow can be seen in the background. The first step in preparing the land for a cotton crop is by clearing away the litter. This is generally done by burning. After that the land is ploughed and harrowed. Once the ground has been seeded and plants begin to grow, they must be thinned out, leaving the strongest only. Then a plow is run between the ridges, throwing up the earth...