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Man Harvesting Cotton with Mechanical Picker

Date: 1932
Description: African American man harvesting cotton with an experimental McCormick-Deering 2-row cotton picker mounted on a Farmall Regular tractor.
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Experimental Cotton Picker

Date: 09 12 1930
Description: Engineering photograph of a "rebuilt" experimental one row cotton picker ("assembled on F-T-2517").
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Experimental International Harvester Cotton Picker

Date: 1937
Description: Man operating an experimental International Harvester cotton picker in a cotton field on the Hopson Plantation near Clarksdale, Mississippi. Two automobil...
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Cotton Picker on Farmall Regular Tractor

Date: 1932
Description: Man operating an experimental 2-row cotton picker built around a Farmall Regular tractor [original caption reads: "Regular Farmall & 2 row cotton picker"]....
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McCormick-Deering Cotton Picker Mounted on a Farmall Tractor

Date: 1932
Description: African American man operating an experimental two-row cotton picker in a field.
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Cotton Picker on Display at "A Century of Progress"

Date: 06 03 1933
Description: Farmall tractor and mounted experimental cotton-picker on display in the International Harvester exhibit at the "A Century of Progress" world's fair. The c...
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Picker Drums and Doffers

Date: 08 02 1934
Description: Engineering photograph of the "tandem arrangement of picker drums and doffers" on an experimental cotton picker.
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Picker Drum, Doffers, and Fingers

Date: 11 15 1930
Description: Engineering photograph of an experimental cotton picker and cleaner showing the picker drum, doffers, and fingers.
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Picker Drum

Date: 11 19 1930
Description: Engineering photograph of the center section of an experimental cotton picker's picker drum.
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Cotton Picker Bar

Date: 12 02 1930
Description: Engineering photograph of an experimental cotton picker bar with 2-13/16" long saw tooth fingers.
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Cotton Finger Bar

Date: 12 16 1930
Description: Engineering photograph of a cotton finger bar with 2-3/16" fluted-type fingers.
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Doffer Bodies

Date: 12 16 1930
Description: Engineering photograph of two cotton picker doffer bodies.
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Cotton Picker Fingers

Date: 01 13 1931
Description: Engineering photograph of two cotton picker fingers, an integral gear with shielded washer and a threaded gear and shielded lockwasher.
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Cotton Picker Parts

Date: 02 06 1931
Description: Engineering photograph of a cotton picker finger, spindle, washer, and removable bushing.
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Needle Baring Picker Finger

Date: 02 11 1931
Description: Engineering photograph of a needle bearing picker finger from a cotton picker.
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Cotton Picker Spindle

Date: 02 20 1933
Description: Engineering photograph showing three views of a cotton picker spindle with inserted pins.
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Cotton Picker Parts

Date: 01 13 1937
Description: Engineering photograph of metal parts lined up to illustrate "general changes in (the) past several years" during the development of the cotton picker.
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Cleaner Rollers and Grids

Date: 12 20 1934
Description: Engineering photograph of cleaner rollers and bottom grids for use in a portable cotton cleaner on an experimental cotton picker.
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Cotton Trailer

Date: 05 14 1934
Description: Engineering photograph of an experimental two-wheeled cotton trailer, designed for use with a cotton picker.
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Cotton Picker

Date: 01 25 1939
Description: Engineering photograph of an experimental cotton picker.

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