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French Market

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Description: Slightly elevated view of the French market. A cart transporting bales of cotton is in the street on the left. Railroad tracks are in the street.
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Lesser-Goldman Cotton Company

Date: 1921
Description: Horse-drawn wagons and bales of cotton line up in the street along the curb near the Lesser-Goldman Cotton Co. Building.
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Weighing Cotton

Date: 1920
Description: Men weigh(?) bales of cotton on a wooden platform, while other men load or unload bales onto a wagon drawn by mules.
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Men with Cotton Bales

Date: 1920
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.
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Cotton Bales on Wagon

Date: 1920
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...
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Cotton Bales in Wagon

Date: 1919
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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Cotton Gin

Date: 01 13 1938
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."
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Cotton Gin Exterior

Date: 12 15 1937
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...
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R.E. Cox Cotton Gin

Date: 11 30 1937
Description: Exterior view of a cotton gin owned by R.E. Cox. Two men stand beneath the building's overhang and a mule or horse-drawn wagon stands to the left of the bu...
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Siut-Me Gin Company

Date: 12 19 1937
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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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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Cotton Compress

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Description: A man stands next to the bales of cotton at the cotton compress. Caption reads: "Cotton Compress, New Albany, Miss."
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Crowded Street

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Description: View of a street crowded with people, automobiles, horses and wagons. Many of the wagons are loaded with cotton. Text on the photograph reads, "Publ. by C....
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Composite of Three Cotton Picking and Marketing Views

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Description: A composite of three images including a cotton field captioned "Cotton Crop," wagons loaded with cotton captioned "Cotton For Sale," and buyers inspecting ...
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Bringing Cotton to Market

Date: 10 01 1896
Description: A number of farmers bringing large bales of cotton to market on horse-drawn carts. A building in the back has the words "Bailey, Barksdale & Co." painted o...
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Men with Cotton Bales

Date: 1925
Description: Three men wearing hats are sitting on top of baled cotton loaded in a wagon. The wagon is led by two horses and is traveling down a dirt road in what appea...
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Men in Town with Bales of Cotton

Date: 1905
Description: Group of men on a city street with bales of cotton loaded in horse-drawn wagons. One of the wagons is a Springfield Wagon.
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Men Loading Cotton Bales

Date: 1905
Description: Men on a city street with bales of cotton loaded onto wagons, possibly in Shawnee, Oklahoma.
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Men in Yard Weighing Bales of Cotton

Date: 1905
Description: Men in a residential backyard using a hanging scale to weigh bales of cotton loaded on a wagon pulled by a team of work horses.

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