Box 7

Scope and Contents Color image of a cotton harvesting machine. Printed on reverse: "Georgia's cotton crop grown by 40,000 farmers is now produced and harvested almost entirely by machine. Georgia has 220 gins which separate the fiber from the seed. Approximately 100 cotton mills spin and weave the fiber into yarns and cloth and 200 manufacturing plants transform it into the many articles of clothing, household goods and furnishings to which cotton is so well adapted. The Agricultural Commodity Commission for...

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Color image of a huge pile of cotton bales, sitting atop a wagon or possibly an open railroad car, ready to be shipped. The visible bales are stacked six high. No location given. ca. 1915-1930. 14 x 9 cm.

Format: Postcard.

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Black-and-white image of a ship being loaded with bales of cotton in Galveston, Texas. Dock worker in foreground loading bales, which are pulled up a ramp by a pulley. Trubf Photo. Dated January 16, 1907, postmarked January 16, 1907 in Galveston. 14 x 9 cm.

Format: Postcard.

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Color image of a cotton sample room in Meridian, Miss. Scene depicts long tables filled with cotton; several workers stand around the tables. Cubbyhole shelving in background of room. Many cotton bits on the floor. Published by S.H. Kress & Co. Postmarked April 25, 1911 in Meridian. 13 x 9 cm.

Format: Postcard.

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Color image depicts several long tables covered with cotton samples. More bales are piled up along the walls. No location given. Published by The Acmegraph Co., Chicago, Ill. Postmarked Nov. 21, 1912 in Ridlonville, Me. 13.5 x 8.5 cm.

Format: Postcard.

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Color image of the interior of a cotton sample room showing several workers and long tables filled with samples of cotton. Message on reverse includes this language: "These 'samples' are cut from the bales of cotton in the warehouses, and from them the cotton-buyers make their purchases." Published by International Post Card Co., New York. Postmarked July 4, 1921 in Vicksburg. 14 x 9 cm.

Format: Postcard.

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Color image of men weighing cotton bales. Several workers, some of whom are African American, shown standing around the scales. Man in coat and hat with his back to the camera may be a supervisor of some sort. No location given. Publ. by T. P. & Co., N.Y. Made in Germany. 1907-1915. 14 x 9 cm.

Format: Postcard.

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Color image of a group of African American pickers, both men and women, standing around a scale in the cotton field, as a basket of cotton is being weighed by an older, Caucasian man. No location given. C.T. American Art. Postmarked April 5, 1920 in Southern Pines, N.C. 14 x 9 cm.

Format: Postcard.

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La culture de coton no.1. Trade card free with the purchase of l'extrait de viande Liebig.

Format: Trade card.

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La culture de coton no.2. Trade card free with the purchase of l'extrait de viande Liebig.

Format: Trade card.