Box 8

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Black-and-white image of a New Orleans levee loaded with stacked cotton bales, ready for transportation. Several people can be seen on horseback or wagons, riding through paths in between the bales of cotton. Buildings in background. ca. 1902-1907. 13.5 x 8.5 cm.

Format: Postcard.

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Black-and- white image of bales of cotton filling the yards in between several buildings on the left and railroad cars on the right, although more bales can be seen to the right of the railroad cars. Workers can be seen with wagons in the rows between the cotton bales. Note on back of card mentions that the city is having a "cotton carnival." F. Oklendorf, Pub., Galveston, Tex. Postmarked August 4, 1909. 13.5 x 8.5 cm.

Format: Postcard.

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Color image of two cotton workers, one pushing a bale of cotton on a dolly, and the other standing on top of a row a bales. A brick building is visible in the background. C. T. Cotton Picking Scenes--10 Subjects. Genuine Curteich-Chicago "C.T. Art Colortone" Post Card. Postmarked March 14, 1944 in memphis, Tenn. 14 x 9 cm.

Format: Postcard.

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Color image of cotton being baled. On the left is a bale of cotton; on the right, loose cotton has been placed in the press box for baling. Stamped on the baling machine on the left: "Munger. Pat'd Dec. 4 1888. Continental Gin Co. Birmingham, Ala." ca. 1907-1915. 13.5 x 8.5 cm.

Format: Postcard.

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Black-and-white image of a 500-lb bale of cotton, just after it was released from a press at a mill in Texas. A bale and a large hook on the end of a chain are visible in the foreground; the hook is likely used to move bales. The press is in the background. New York: Underwood & Underwood, ca. 1900-1920. 17.75 x 8.75 cm.

Format: Stereoptic print.

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Black-and-white image of three African-American male workers moving cotton bales from a platform onto a mule-drawn wagon. Meadville, Pa.: Keystone View Company, ca. 1900-1920. 17.75 x 8.75 cm.

Format: Stereoptic print.

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Black-and-white image of a cotton baling press. Text on back of photograph: "THE TEXTILE INDUSTRY, 18th & 19th centuries. 9. Baling-press." Tolson Memorial Museum, Huddersfield, England. Baling press is presumably on display or in the holdings of the Tolson Memorial Museum. [no later than 1962] 9 x 14 cm.

Format: Postcard.

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Color image of a cotton shed, in which a cotton press and rows of cotton bales can be seen. Two male workers are pictured on the left and in the center. Location unknown. "Phostint" Card, made only by Detroit Publishing Co. ca. 1915-1924. 13.5 x 8.5 cm.

Format: Postcard.

Scope and Contents Color image of a wine and cotton press in a grassy park. Printed on the reverse of the card: "This antique machine stands in Tarboro's Town Common, an aging witness to the days when Cotton was King." The Tarboro Cotton Press was originally a wine and cider press, but was converted to a cotton press about 1860. In 1938, it was moved to Tarboro's Town Common. The press is constructed of yellow pine. It has a large screw that is used to compress the cotton into a wooden form to produce the...

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Color image of a male African American worker using a dolly to move a bale of cotton. Several more rows of cotton bales are pictured behind the worker. "Colourpicture" Publication, Cambridge, Mass., U.S.A. ca. 1930-1944. 14 x 9 cm.

Format: Postcard.