Box 8

Scope and Contents Black-and-white image of two river barges, one with the name "Hercules of Lake Charles" visible on the edge of the stern, loaded with cotton. Several buildings are visible on the land next to the barges, and the yard in the background of the image has rows of cotton bales. Workers can be seen handling rope on the barges. Title is printed on the back in English, French, German, Spanish, Swedish, and Russian. New York: Underwood & Underwood. 17.75 x 8.75 cm. Copy B. Format:...

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Color image of a street lined with buildings and trees. Several wagons loaded with cotton are lined up on one side of the street; another can be seen on the other side of the street. In the background, a pile of cotton bales is visible on the left side of the street. Location is unknown. Adolph Selige Pub. Co., St. Louis--Leipzig. ca. 1902-1907. 13.5 x 8.5 cm.

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Color image of five African American cotton workers, three males and two females, one of whom is a child, with a horse-drawn wagon loaded with baskets of cotton. A dirt road and house are visible in the background. Location is unknown. E.C. Kropp, Publ., Milwaukee. ca. 1907. 14 x 8.5 cm.

Format: Postcard.

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Color image of a railroad yard filled with rows of cotton bales, some of which are being loaded onto the railroad cars that are lined up at the back of the yard. On one train car, the letters "S.A. & A.P." are visible. In the background, city buildings can be seen. Published by International Post Card Co., New York. Made in Germany. ca. 1907-1915. 13.5 x 8.5 cm.

Format: Postcard.

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Color image of a busy dock, loaded with rows of sacks and bales of cotton. Workers are seen throughout the image, some carrying sacks. Steamers are lined up at the dock, some loaded with cotton bales. Postmarked May 21, 191- [date is blurred with ink]. 14 x 9 cm.

Format: Postcard.

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Color image of the interior of a cotton warehouse filled with bales of cotton. Two male workers, one African American, are seen holding bits of cotton in their hands. Other workers are visible looking at cotton bales in the background. Published by the Valentine & Sons Publishing Co., Ltd., New York and Atlanta, Ga. Printed in Great Britain. ca. 1907-1915. 13.5 x 8.5 cm.

Format: Postcard.

Scope and Contents Black-and-white image of a levee scene in which the ground is covered in rows of cotton bales. Workers can be seen laying and standing on the cotton bales and walking about the levee; the two workers laying on the bales in the foreground are African American. In the background, two large river steamers are visible. The cotton bales have been unloaded from river steamers, and will be loaded onto ocean-going vessels and transported to other states and countries. Meadville, Pa.: Keystone View...

Scope and Contents Black-and- white image of African American workers loading bales of cotton onto railroad cars to be shipped to a manufacturing center. The workers are using dollies to transport the heavy bales into the cars, on the right side of the image. On the left side of the image, the ground is covered with bales, upon one of which two men stand, one of whom (holding papers in his hand) is the overseer. New York: Underwood & Underwood, ca. 1900-1920. 17.75 x 8.75 cm. Copy A. Format:...

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Color image of a wharf. On the left side of the image, steamboats are visible in the water and at the wharf with ramps to the land. On the edge of the wharf, there are rows of cotton bales, and people walking and riding horse-drawn carriages. On the right side of the image, train tracks are visible, and several people can be seen walking along the tracks. Published by International Post Card Co., New York. Made in Germany. ca. 1907-1915. 13.5 x 8.5 cm.

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Scope and Contents Color image of Norfolk Harbor. In the foreground, docks are covered with bales of cotton and workers are standing among the bales. One ship is docked and several others are in the water nearby. The city is visible in the background of the image. Printed on reverse of card: "Shipping cotton, Norfolk Harbor, Norfolk Va. The location of Norfolk makes it a logical distributing center for the handling of cotton for all markets." Copyrighted, H.C. Mann. Published by Louis Kaufmann & Sons,...