Box 7

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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...

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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.

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,...

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,...