Box 8

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Color image of three male workers. Two of the men are manipulating a cotton bale on the cotton compress, and one man is working with loose cotton, possibly in preparation for baling. All appear to be African American. Published by Adolf Selige Pub. Co., St. Louis - Leipzig. Postmarked August 28, 1912 in Westminster, S.C., but this postcard was manufactured before March 1907. 13.5 x 8.5 cm.

Format: Postcard.

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Black-and-white image of two workers standing in front of a cotton compress, which is full of cotton. A bale of cotton is visible on a dolly in the left foreground, and bits of cotton are scattered around the floor. Photo by Coovert. I. Samelson & Co., Publishers, Memphis, Tenn. ca. 1902-1907. See Items 10 and 41, in this folder, for color images of this view by two different publishers. 8.75 x 13.75 cm.

Format: Postcard.

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Color image image of two workers standing in front of a cotton compress, which is full of cotton. A bale of cotton is visible on a dolly in the left foreground, and bits of cotton are scattered around the floor. C.E. Wheelock & Co., Peoria, Ill. and Leipzig. Made in Germany. ca. 1907-1915. See Item 9, in this folder, for a black-and-white image of this view and Item 41, in this folder, for this same image bya different publisher. 8.5 x 14 cm.

Format: Postcard.

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Black-and-white image of the exterior of a cotton compress presumably located in Norfolk, Va., as "Greetings from Norfolk, Va." is printed in the upper right corner of the card. A large yard full of cotton bales is in front of the building, and a worker can be seen transporting a bale of cotton on a dolly on the right side of the image. ca. 1898-1901. 14 x 8.5 cm.

Format: Postcard.

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Color image of yellow cotton compress building surrounded by a large yard full of cotton bales. Three workers can be seen standing near the entrance of the building. ca. 1907-1915. 14 cm x 8.5 cm.

Format: Postcard.

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Black-and-white image of a field filled with bales of cotton. A worker is seen steering a horse-drawn wagon through a path through the bales. A bale of cotton weighs 500 pounds. New York: Underwood & Underwood, ca. 1900-1920. 17.75 x 8.75 cm.

Format: Stereoptic print.

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Color image of a large yard full of bales of cotton, with buildings and a cotton compress visible in the background. Lettering on the red building in the right background reads: "St. Louis Cotton Compress Co." Postmarked June 28, 1915 . 14 x 9 cm.

Format: Postcard.

Scope and Contents Color image of a city street, in which a large portion of the street is completely filled with cotton bales, some stacked quite high. A worker is sitting atop some of the bales on the left side of the image. The gray stone building on the left, in front of which most of the bales are placed, has open doors that read "Willingham Cotton." The red building to the right of that has "E.J. & P. D. Willingham Furniture" on its facade. A horse-drawn cart is on the street in the right foreground....

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Black-and-white image of male worker operating charging box. A bale of cotton sits on the box on the left side of the image. Printed on the front of the postcard: "Size of charging box: 96" x 48" x 22"; Size of bale: 14" x 14" x 20"; Weight of bale: 250 to 300 pounds. Harris Foundry & Machine Co. Cordele, Georgia." Photo-Cards--Kaeser & Blair, Inc., Cincinnati, Ohio. ca. 1915-1930. 14 x 9 cm.

Format: Postcard.

Scope and Contents Black-and-white image of a male worker operating a cotton press. Standard bales measure 54 inches in length, 24-27 inches in breadth, and 30-40 inches in height, and weigh approximately 500 pounds. Information on the reverse of the card notes the low light, lack of windows, and lint in the atmosphere that factory workers breathe in continuously, and states that conditions are improving nationally, due to "constant investigation and agitation" by the government and private parties. New York:...