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New Mechanical Cotton Picker
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Two cotton pickers, the first driven by Fowler McCormick, president of the International Harvester Company, drive through a field on the Hopson Planting Company's plantation to demonstrate the effectiveness of the new machines.
1942
International Harvester Company
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Cotton Storage Bin
1942
Piles of cotton fill a storage bin at the Hopson Planting Company plantation.
Mechanical Cotton Picker
1942
African American field worker testing an experimental International Harvester cotton picker. Original caption reads: "A close-up front view of the Harvester cotton picker showing how the row of cot...
Hopson Plantation
1942
Farm buildings stand in the distance at the Hopson Planting Company's plantation.
Experimental International Harvester Cotton Picker
1937
Man operating an experimental International Harvester cotton picker in a cotton field on the Hopson Plantation near Clarksdale, Mississippi. Two automobiles are parked in the background. Original ...
Hopson Plantation
1942
Several buildings on the Hopson Planting Company's plantation.
Cotton Harvester
1942
Engineering photograph of the rear and right side of an experimental cotton harvester [picker].
