Box 12

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Gelatin silver print, ca. 1918. Black and white image shows two male workers in the picker room, surrounded by bales of cotton. One man is placing a bale into a bale breaker (in the background), and the other man appears to be seated atop a different bale (in the foreground). There are what appears to be more bale breakers in the background. See Items 21 and 22, in this folder,for virtually identical images. 18 x 9 cm.

Format: Stereoptic print.

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Gelatin silver print, ca. 1918. Black and white image shows male workers placing bales of cotton into bale breakers. Two of the workers are in the process of placing cotton into the breakers, and the third worker appears to be in the process of maneuvering a cotton-carrying cart. See Items 19 and 20, in this folder, for virtually identical images. 18 x 9 cm.

Format: Stereoptic print.

Scope and Contents Gelatin silver print, ca. 1918. Black and white image shows a male worker as he operates the finisher picker, which is the last machine in the process of picking. It is fed with four laps from a breaker or intermediate picker and delivers the finished lap for the card. A trolley, fully loaded with picker laps, is seen in the left foreground, in front of the man. See also Items 15, 16, and 18, in this folder, for nearly identical images of this worker. 18 x 9 cm. Format:...

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Gelatin silver print, ca. 1918. Black and white image shows the machine responsible for breaking down bales of cotton (bale breaker) at work. The visible mounds of cotton are on their way into the machine as a male worker tosses more cotton into the feeder. 18 x 9 cm.

Format: Stereoptic print.

Scope and Contents Gelatin silver print, ca. 1918. Black and white image shows four bale breakers, four male workers, and many bales of cotton. The focus is on the bale breakers, where, on the left (entrance) side of one machine, a worker is loading cotton into it, and on the right (delivery) side, there is a worker observing the cotton as it is churned out onto a conveyor belt. The two other workers are handling the cotton bales and pushing cotton around on a cart. The bale breakers were made by the Kitson...

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Gelatin silver print, ca. 1918. Black and white image shows the machine responsible for breaking down bales of cotton (bale breaker) at work. The visible mounds of cotton are on their way into the machine after likely being torn off by a worker from the large bale of cotton at the foot of the feeder. Shreds of cotton remain in the "teeth" of the bale breaker. 18 x 9 cm.

Format: Stereoptic print.

Scope and Contents Gelatin silver print, ca. 1918. Black and white image shows a male worker as he operates the finisher picker, which is the last machine in the process of picking. It is fed with four laps from a breaker or intermediate picker and delivers the finished lap for the card. A trolley, fully loaded with picker laps, is seen in the left foreground, in front of the man. See also Items 11, 16, and 18, in this folder, for nearly identical images of this worker. 18 x 9 cm. Format:...

Scope and Contents Gelatin silver print, ca. 1918. Black and white image shows a male worker as he operates the finisher picker, which is the last machine in the process of picking. It is fed with four laps from a breaker or intermediate picker and delivers the finished lap for the card. A trolley, fully loaded with picker laps, is seen in the left foreground, in front of the man. See also Items 11, 15, and 18, in this folder, for nearly identical images of this worker. 18 x 9 cm. Format:...

Scope and Contents Gelatin silver print, ca. 1918. Black and white image shows a male worker standing by an intermediate picker ("[a] long heavy machine for processing cotton"), with his hand on a picker lap ("sheet of . fiber . rolled under pressure into a cylindrical package"). There are a total of four picker laps on the picker by the man, but many more can be seen in the background on other intermediate pickers. A basket of possible waste-cotton is on the side of the picker opposite the man. The pickers...

Scope and Contents Gelatin silver print, ca. 1918. Black and white image shows a male worker as he operates the finisher picker, which is the last machine in the process of picking. It is fed with four laps from a breaker or intermediate picker and delivers the finished lap for the card. A trolley, fully loaded with picker laps, is seen in the left foreground, in front of the man. See also Items 11, 15, and 16, in this folder, for nearly identical images of this worker. 18 x 9 cm. Format:...