Box 8
Contains 245 Results:
Item 108: Weighing cotton, 1907
Black-and-white image shows men, women, and children standing in a cotton field near a rudimentary wooden weighing machine, where a bale of cotton is being weighed. All appear to be African American except for the man with his back to the camera, noting the weight of the bag of cotton. No location given. Adolph Selige Pub. Co., St. Louis, Mo. Postmarked Dec. 31, 1907 in Greensboro, N.C., but card probably manufactured before March 1907. 13.75 x 8.5 cm.
Format: Postcard.
Item 109: The Cotton Industry, Arizona
Black-and-white image depicts a cotton field where cotton is being picked, weighed, and loaded onto a large wooden bin. Men, women, and children are in view. Published by The L. L. Cook Co., Milwaukee. ca. 1930s. 13.75 x 8.75 cm.
Format: Postcard.
Item 110: Cotton Yards, Cotton Ready for Shipment, Savannah, Georgia
Color image shows rows of cotton bales with men checking them over before shipping. Wooden sheds and possibly a railroad depot are in the background. Published by F.M. Kirby & Co., U.S.A. ca. 1907-1915. 13.5 x 8.5 cm.
Format: Postcard.
Item 111: Cotton Yard, Eldorado, Oklahoma, 1908
Sepia-toned image shows large field with hundreds of cotton bales in the distant background. A train can be glimpsed beyond the cotton bales. Postmarked May 25, 1908 in Eldorado, Okla. 14 x 9 cm.
Format: Postcard.
Item 112: Cotton Gin, Greenville, Texas
Black-and-white image shows a man applying oil to a cotton gin machine. A row of similar machines is in the background. In 1793 the cotton gin was invented by Eli Whitney. Before this time seeds were picked from the fiber by hand. A modern ginnery such as the one depicted would remove daily the seeds from 250 bales of cotton, each weighing 500 pounds. Meadville, Pa.: Keystone View Company, ca. 1900-1920. 17.75 x 8.75 cm.
Format: Stereoptic print.
Item 113: Painting of Interior - Old Slater Mill
Reproduction of color painting by John Clymer depicts the real beginning of the American Industrical Revolution and the part that Samual Slater played in its development. In the image men, women, and children are gathered around a rudimentary cotton gin. Pawtucket, R.I.: Old Slater Mill Museum, ca. 1960s. 14 x 9 cm.
Format: Postcard.
Item 114: Cotton gin and baled cotton, 1900
Black-and-white mage depicts rows of baled cotton in front of a cotton gin building. Four men are in view and appear to be using hoisting machinery. Sign on building in background is partially obscured: "B[ ] Gin-Square Bale"; location is unknown. The Universal Photo Art Co., C. H. Graves, Publisher, Phila., Pa. 18 x 9 cm.
Format: Stereoptic print.
Item 115: Cotton Yard, Ardmore, Oklahoma
Color image shows rows of cotton bales leaning against each other in a cotton yard in Ardmore, Okla. Buildings in background. Made by C. U. Williams, Bloomington, Illinois. ca. 1907-1915. 14 x 9 cm.
Format: Postcard.
Item 116: Cotton Ginnery, 1909
Color mage depicts rows of horse-drawn carts carrying cotton. Bales of cotton also line the street. Buildings are situated on both sides of street. Adolph Selige Publishing Co., St. Louis-Leipzig. Printed in Germany. Dated April 1, 1909 on front of card. Postmark is April 2, 1909, in Birmingham, Ala. 14 x 9 cm.
Format: Postcard.
Item 117: Awaiting their Turn at the Cotton Gin, 1899
Black-and- white image depicts four horse- or mule-drawn carts carrying cotton to the gin. Men are waiting with each cart. Wooden structures are in the background view. No location given. Meadville, Pa.: Keystone View Company, B. I. Singley. Information about cotton and cotton gins on reverse includes reference to an estimate of the 1902-1903 crop. 17.75 x 8.75 cm.
Format: Stereoptic print.