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Box 7

 Container

Contains 194 Results:

Item 16: First Hoeing of Cotton

 File — Box: 7, Folder: 4
Scope and Contents

Color image depicts two African American children hoeing cotton in the field. Some sort of ramshackle building can be seen in the right background. ca. 1902-1907. 14 x 8 cm.

Format: Postcard.

Dates: 1842-2003

Item 17: Cotton Plantation Scene

 File — Box: 7, Folder: 4
Scope and Contents Color image of cotton picking on a plantation. Scene shows piles of cotton in foreground with a basket off to the side. A boy in the foreground with a blue shirt appears to be emptying his bag into the pile of cotton. A little girl in a pink dress is shown sitting on the ground on the right. More workers are picking cotton in the background. All appear to be African American with the exception of the little girl. ca. 1900. 17.75 x 8.75 cm. See Item 18, in this folder, for the same image,...
Dates: 1842-2003

Item 18: Cotton is King

 File — Box: 7, Folder: 4
Scope and Contents Color image of cotton picking on a plantation. Scene shows piles of cotton in foreground with a basket off to the side. A boy in the foreground with a blue shirt appears to be emptying his bag into the pile of cotton. A little girl in a pink dress is shown sitting on the ground on the left. More workers are picking cotton in the background. All appear to be African American with the exception of the little girl. ca. 1900. 17.75 x 8.75 cm. See Item 17, in this folder, for the same image,...
Dates: 1842-2003

Item 19: Greetings from the Sunny South: Cotton picking, 1913

 File — Box: 7, Folder: 4
Scope and Contents

Black-and- white image of workers filling three baskets of cotton in a cotton field. Unknown location. Dated October 5, 1913 in Granite Quarry, N.C. by writer (written in French) and postmarked Oct. 6, 1913 in Granite Quarry. 14 x 9 cm.

Format: Postcard.

Dates: 1913