Box 7

Scope and Contents Blue-green tint of image showing Columbus sighting America with members of his crew on board ship. Printed on reverse: "Columbus Sighting America" Lawrence, Massachusetts. Tapestry woven at Arlington Mills in Lawrence for Columbian Exposition in 1893, after painting by H.F. Pluddermann, Berlin 1836. Jacquard weaving donated by Lithuanina community to Lawrence Public Library." Photocard by Immigrant City Archives, Lawrence, Mass., Photo by Jonas Stundza. 1978-1982. 9 x 14 cm....

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Color image of the Centenary Flag of the The Armley Clothiers Society. Depicted on front are two birds with crowns, a small owl in middle. Printed on reverse: "Armley Mills, The Museum of Leeds. This fine silk banner was made for the centenary of the Armley Clothiers Friendly Society in 1860." Photo Precision Limited, St. Ives, Huntingdon, Canbs., ca .1982-1983. 15 x 10.5 cm.

Format: Postcard.

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Color image of a cotton stalk loaded with cotton blossoms shown in center of card. Postmarked Mar. 18, 1913. See also Item 6, in this folder, for the same image but more colorized. 13.5 x 8.5 cm.

Format: Postcard.

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Color photo card with red border; shows cotton flower and boll in center. Issued as an advertisement for the periodical Textiles. Printed on reverse: The Textile Industry of Yesterday and Today as shown by Textiles - the monthly Red Book - published at 1170 Broadway, New York. Addressed to Mr. S. F. Rockwell, Davis & Furber Mach. Co., North Andover, Mass., but not postmarked. 15 x 8 cm.

Format: Postcard.

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Gelatin silver print, ca. 1910. Black and white image of cotton blossoms and ripe cotton bolls, apparently photographed in Georgia. Published by the Keystone View Company in U.S.A. 17.5 x 8.5 cm.

Format: Stereoptic print.

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Gelatin silver print, ca. 1900. Black and white image of cotton plant in planter, showing ripened cotton. Photographed by J. A. Palmer, Aiken, S.C. No. 166 of Characteristic Southern Scenes. 17.5 x 19 cm.

Format: Stereoptic print.

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Cotton Growing (Plantation Overseer's carriage). Gelatin silver print. Photographed and published by B. W. Kilburn, Littleton, New Hampshire. Black and white image of horse and carriage in a field of cotton, with a small dog on the seat of the carriage. 17.5 x 8.5 cm.

Format: Stereoptic print.

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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...