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Box 8

 Container

Contains 245 Results:

Scouring and Drying

 File — Box: 8, Folder: 6
Scope and Contents From the Series:

Organized numerically by ATHM "TT" subject headings. Includes both stereoscopic images and postcards.

Dates: 1842-2003

Picking

 File — Box: 8, Folder: 7
Scope and Contents From the Series:

Organized numerically by ATHM "TT" subject headings. Includes both stereoscopic images and postcards.

Dates: 1842-2003

Carding

 File — Box: 8, Folder: 8
Scope and Contents From the Series:

Organized numerically by ATHM "TT" subject headings. Includes both stereoscopic images and postcards.

Dates: 1842-2003

Combing and Drawing

 File — Box: 8, Folder: 9
Scope and Contents From the Series:

Organized numerically by ATHM "TT" subject headings. Includes both stereoscopic images and postcards.

Dates: 1842-2003

Flax Preparation

 File — Box: 8, Folder: 10
Scope and Contents From the Series:

Organized numerically by ATHM "TT" subject headings. Includes both stereoscopic images and postcards.

Dates: 1842-2003

Item 93: Cotton Warehouse, Savannah, Georgia

 File — Box: 8, Folder: 4
Scope and Contents

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.

Dates: 1842-2003

Item 94: Cotton! Cotton! Cotton! Levee, New Orleans, La.

 File — Box: 8, Folder: 4
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...
Dates: 1842-2003

Item 95: Shipping cotton from levee near growing district by cars to manufacturing centre, Texas

 File — Box: 8, Folder: 4
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:...
Dates: 1842-2003

Item 96: Wharf Loading Cotton, Memphis, Tennessee

 File — Box: 8, Folder: 4
Scope and Contents

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.

Format: Postcard.

Dates: 1842-2003

Item 97: Shipping Cotton, Norfolk Harbor, Norfolk, Virginia

 File — Box: 8, Folder: 4
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,...
Dates: 1842-2003