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| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | Men weigh(?) bales of cotton on a wooden platform, while other men load or unload bales onto a wagon drawn by mules. |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | Men lead two mules in hauling a wagon full of cotton bales near what appears to be a weighing station on a wooden platform. |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | Two men place a bale of cotton on top of a pile on the back of a mule-drawn wagon. They are near what appears to be a weighing station on a wooden platform... |
| Date: | 1919 |
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| Description: | A wagon loaded with bales of cotton sits in front of a loading dock. The wagon was possibly made by the Weber Wagon Company. |
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| Description: | International model "F" or "31" truck. The truck contains bales of cotton, and a man sits in the driver's seat. The truck is photographed on a dirt road wi... |
| Date: | 01 13 1938 |
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| Description: | Two men use horse-drawn wagons to haul loads of cotton near a cotton gin powered by an International PD-80 unit. A sign on the barn reads: "Bassett Gin." |
| Date: | 12 15 1937 |
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| Description: | Wagons loaded with cotton are parked outside the Peacock Gin. A man stands on a platform to the left of the wagons. The sign on the building reads: "Seed T... |
| Date: | 12 15 1937 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of the Rosedale Gin, powered by an International PD-80. Two trucks are parked near the building. One of the trucks has a wagon attached. |
| Date: | 12 15 1937 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of a cotton gin owned by O.L. Gormon. A man stands on a balcony under the overhang of the building at the top of a flight of steps. Another m... |
| Date: | 12 15 1937 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of the Wilmot Gin Company. Two men stand on a ramp in the open second-story door of the building. In the foreground is a platform loaded with... |
| Date: | 12 19 1937 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of the cotton gin at Siut-Me Gin Company. Bales of cotton are piled on a platform in the foreground, and horse-drawn and tractor-drawn wagons... |
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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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| Description: | A composite of two images pertaining to cotton. The image on the top left is of a cotton gin and the lower right is an image of farmers with horse-drawn ca... |
| Date: | 1915 |
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| Description: | Thousands of bales of cotton with a water tower and a building with smokestacks in the background. Caption reads: "Ada Compress, 10,000 Bales Cotton In Sig... |
| Date: | 1905 |
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| Description: | Men standing around as a number of bales of cotton are being counted on the cotton compress. Caption reads: "Cotton Compress, Shawnee, Oklahoma." |
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| Description: | Outdoor elevated view of a large storage area with thousands of bales of cotton. A few houses or other buildings can be seen in the background. Caption rea... |
| Date: | 1919 |
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| Description: | A bundled cotton bale rests on a wooden platform at a loading dock or train depot. A train car on a railroad track is alongside the right of the platform. |
| Date: | 02 19 1915 |
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| Description: | Speakers from the diversified farming program stand in front of a brick building near an awning. Each person wears a winter coat and brimmed hat, and there... |
| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | Subject: "UD-24 — Cotton Gins." Where Taken: "MidW." Information with photograph reads: "Owned by the Potosi Mill & Elev. Co., Potosi, Mo. All power for mi... |
| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | View across field towards the Square Deal Gin. Subject: "UD-24 — Cotton Gins." Where Taken: "SW." Information with photograph reads: "The Independent Mill ... |
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