Box 8

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Black-and-white image of a cotton compress (in the building in the background) with a large yard filled with rows of cotton bales surrounding the building. H. H. Clarke, Oklahoma City, Okla. [Made in] Germany. Postmarked Nov. 30 in Oklahoma but year is illegible. ca. 1902-1907. 13.5 x 8.5 cm.

Format: Postcard.

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Color image of a cotton compress building in the background with a large yard full of cotton bales in front of it. Published by The South-West News Company, Kansas City, Mo. Dresden-Leipzig-Berlin. Made in Germany. ca. 1907-1915. 13.5 x 8.5 cm.

Format: Postcard.

Scope and Contents Color image of a cotton compress, possibly in the building in the left background, with rows of cotton bales along the wooden floor and piles of bales in the background, all out in the open. A worker is standing on a cotton bale in the center of the image. Printed on the reverse of the card: "Oklahoma City is the capital of the recently created state of Oklahoma. It is the principal city in that state. During the cotton season thousands of bales of cotton are brought to the compress to be...

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Color image of the exterior of a cotton warehouse in the background. The entire yard is filled with bales of cotton. Several workers are standing on bales, and one worker is standing on a tower in the center of the yard. Location is unknown. Publ. by T.P. & Co. N.Y. Made in Germany. ca. 1907-1915. 14 x 8.5 cm.

Format: Postcard.

Scope and Contents Black-and-white image of a cotton baling machine. The burlap for covering the bales can be seen on rollers to the left and below. Cotton would be packed into the area on the floor, wrapped and baled. The room and machinery are covered in bits of cotton. A blurry image of a worker (who moved during the photographic shot) is visible in the center of the image; the worker appears to be standing in or on the edge of the floor section for baling. Meadville, Pa.: Keystone View Company;...

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Color image of workers, who appear to be prisoners (some wear striped uniforms), standing on and around a group of cotton bales. Several men, some holding rifles, stand nearby. A shed filled with cotton is on the left of the image. This is most likely the Cummins State Farm, now (2014) known as the Cummins Unit, n Arkansas prison. Little Rock Post Card Co. Postmarked November 10, 1908 in Little Rock, Ark. 13.5 x 8.5 cm.

Format: Postcard.

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Black-and-white image of a large yard filled with cotton bales. Several buildings and sheds are visible in the background. Location unknown but most likely in the Savannah, Ga., area. Photographed by J. N. Wilson, Nos. 143 Broughton and 21 Bull Sts., Savannah, Ga. ca. 1880. 17.5 x 8.5 cm.

Format: Stereoptic print.

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Black-and-white image depicts piles of cotton bales outside in a yard, possibly a train platform. Two men examine the bales (one is stretched out across them), while another man looks on in the background. Location unknown. ca. 1900. 17.5 x 8.5 cm.

Format: Stereoptic print.

Scope and Contents Color image of an old cotton press, several portions of which appear to be falling down or missing. A man and a dog can be seen standing next to it on the left. Printed on the reverse of the card: "The Old Antebellum Cotton Press. Each plantation had its own gin and cotton press, operated by mule power. The seed cotton was held in a box, inside of which was a grate of steel bars; between this were notched steel discs, which rotated rapidly and separated the fibre from the seeds; a cylinder...

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Color image of a cotton compress and large yard filled with cotton bales. Several workers can be seen standing on and in between the cotton bales. Message written on the back includes: "This is the way they pack cotton down here. We have seen lots of it growing. It looks like tomato vines, with pink and white blossoms." Addressed to someone in Wilton, New Hampshire C.T. American Art. Postmarked July 29, 1924 in Gainesville, Tex. 14 x 9 cm.

Format: Postcard.