Box 8

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Black-and-white image of exterior of gin house. Gin is one-story wood clapboard building. Written by a serviceman in Calif. to Prof. Gilbert Merrill of the Lowell Textile Institute; writer is class of '44 at LTI, and writes about cotton in the region. Postmarked November 2, 1942 in Dos Palos, Calif. 13.75 x 8.75 cm.

Format: Postcard.

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Color image shows carts holding stacks of cotton bales. A brick building and two water towers are in the background view. To the lower right are railroad cars indicating that the cotton may be shipped by rail. Written on the reverse: "This is a closer View of the Gin," indicating that the building in the background may be a cotton gin. Published by M. Kashower Co., Los Angeles, Calif. ca. 1915- 1930. 14 x 9 cm.

Format: Postcard.

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Color image depicts rows of horse-drawn carts carying cotton, waiting a turn at the gin. Men stand or sit with the carts. Several wooden buildings are in view along with a water tower and two chimneys. Published by S.H. Kress & Co., Made in U.S.A. ca. 1907-1915. 13.75 x 9 cm.

Format: Postcard.

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Color image shows a cotton gin in Lawton, Okla., with a two short chimneys on the main building and a tall chimney on the extension to the left. Bales of cotton are lined up along the front walls. Some workers are also in view. ca. 1907-1915. 13.75 x 8.5 cm.

Format: Postcard.

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Color image shows rows of cotton bales stacked next to a wooden building with a chimney, the cotton gin. Two workmen are carrying baskets of cotton, probably heading for the gin. No location given. ca. 1907-1915. 13.5 x 8.5 cm.

Format: Postcard.

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Black-and-white image shows two wooden buildings. On the left, a bale of cotton is being moved into or out of a horse-drawn cart. In the center is a scale for weighing the cotton; two a man stands in front of it with a huge bag of cotton. On the right, a mule-drawn cart is loaded with giant cotton bales. No location given. Milwaukee, Wis.: E.C. Kropp Co., Publ., ca. 1902-1907. 14 x 9 cm.

Format: Postcard.

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Color image shows horse-drawn carts loaded with cotton waiting for their turn at the gin entry. Workmen are in vew at the building dock in background and also alongside the waiting carts. Smaller, residential buildings are in the background on the left. No location given. Published by The Chessler Co., Baltimore, Md. ca. 1915-1930. 14 x 9 cm.

Format: Postcard.

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Black-and-white image depicts a drawing or print of an African American man raking raw cotton through the gin machine. Additional details about cotton gins, the process, and inventor Eli Whitney is provided on reverse side. "This View is Non-Stereoscopic" is printed at the bottom of the stereograph. Meadville, Pa.: Keystone View Company, ca. 1900-1920. 17.75 x 9 cm.

Format: Stereoptic print.

Scope and Contents Black- and-white image depicts workmen standing by a row of ginning machines. The gins remove the twigs, leaves, etc., separate the seed from the cotton, and deposit the cotton on the ginning floor to be baled. 10,000,000 commercial bales of cotton have been ginned annually, and one-quarter of the entire output each year was baled in Texas. Meadville, Pa.: Keystone View Company, ca. 1900-1920. 17.75 x 8.75 cm. See Item 129, in this folder, for the same title and information on the reverse...

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Color image depicts two rows of equipment with a space between. Workmen are at machines on both sides and in the center other workmen appear to be adding cotton to a bag. Message on front includes: "This gives about as good an idea of a cotton gin as one can get from a picture only the press is left out." Adolph Selige Pub. Co., St. Louis--Leipzig. Postmarked Feb. 10, 1907 in Galveston, Tex., and Feb. 13, 1907 in Utica, N.Y. 13.75 x 8.75 cm.

Format: Postcard.