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African American Workers at IHC McCormick Works

Date: 1905
Description: Group of employees, all men or young men, and mostly African American, posing inside manila or cotton processing room of IHC's McCormick Works. One man is ...
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IHC Factory Workers Unload Bales of Cotton

Date: 1905
Description: African American workers unloading bales of cotton inside a warehouse building.
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Experimental Cotton Picker Mounted on a Farmall B Tractor

Date: 1944
Description: Field test of an experimental International Harvester cotton picker mounted on a Farmall B tractor. The caption reads "Experimental IH low-drum 1-row Farma...
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Bales of Cotton on the Wharf

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Description: View of the levee with bales of cotton on the wharf. Caption reads: "On The Levee."
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How the Cotton Picker Works

Date: 1948
Description: Cutaway left side profile view illustration of cotton picker on Farmall M tractor, including the silhouette of a man sitting at the controls. Caption reads...
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Cotton Picker on Farmall H Tractor Cutaway

Date: 1946
Description: Cutaway left side profile view illustration of cotton picker on Farmall M tractor, including the silhouette of a man sitting at the controls. Writing on th...
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HM-110-L Cotton Picker on Farmall H Tractor

Date: 1946
Description: HM-110-L cotton picker attached to a Farmall H tractor in a cotton field. A man is sitting at the wheel of the tractor.
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Willimantic Cotton Mill

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Description: View of Willimantic cotton mills across railroad tracks with three men standing in front. Caption reads: "Willimantic Cotton Mills Corporation, Willimantic...
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Mibbleburg Cotton Mills

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Description: Elevated view of the mills' sprawling building complex. Caption reads: "Middleburg Cotton Mills, Batesburg, S.C."
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Dock Scene

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Description: Elevated view of a dock scene, where workers are preparing bales of cotton for loading. A steamship and a tugboat are nearby. More ships and the shoreline ...
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Cotton Field

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Description: View of a cotton field, location unknown.
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Cotton Field

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Description: View of a cotton field in the Pecos Valley region of Texas.
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Picking Cotton

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Description: Agricultural workers harvesting cotton, location unknown. Some of the workers are using horse-drawn plows. Two small buildings are in the distance. Caption...
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Hand Picking Cotton

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Description: Agricultural workers picking cotton by hand. Two children are on the right side of the group.
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Harvesting Cotton

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Description: Two children pose near a pile of harvested cotton, location unknown. Nearby, another child stands next to a woman picking cotton.
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Picking Cotton

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Description: A group of agricultural workers in a cotton field near Temple. Two men use a weighing device to weigh a bushel basket full of cotton. Two small children ar...
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Picking Cotton

Date: 1905
Description: A group of agricultural workers picking cotton in the vicinity of Shawnee. Several children are in the field. The cotton is being loaded into a horse-drawn...
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Picking Cotton

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Description: A group of agricultural workers picking cotton in a field.
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In the Cotton Field

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Description: A group of agricultural workers and their children pose with a wagon full of cotton in a cotton field, location unknown. Caption reads: "In The Cotton Fiel...
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Man Carrying Cotton

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Description: Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of an African American man carrying a bushel basket full of cotton, location unknown.

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