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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

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 Cotton Picker

Date: 07 28 1928
Description: Engineering photograph of an experimental cotton picker attached to a Farmall tractor. A white backdrop is along the brick wall in the background.
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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 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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Cotton Picker Mechanism

Date: 06 28 1944
Description: Engineering photograph of a portion of a cotton picker mounted on a Farmall B tractor.
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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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Farmall Regular and Experimental Cotton Picker

Date: 08 20 1927
Description: Studio shot of a Farmall Regular tractor and an experimental spindle type cotton picker. Original caption reads: "New McCormick-Deering Spindle Type Cotton...
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Peacock Gin Interior

Date: 12 15 1937
Description: Men operate machinery powered by an International PD-80 power unit inside the Peacock cotton gin.
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International PD-80 at Rosedale Cotton Gin

Date: 12 15 1937
Description: International PD-80 power unit at Rosedale Gin.
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Rosedale Gin Interior

Date: 1937
Description: A worker operates a machine powered by an International PD-80 power unit at the Rosedale Gin.
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Wilmot Gin Company

Date: 1937
Description: Workers tend machinery powered by an International PD-80 power unit at the Wilmot Gin Company.
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Workers at Cotton Gin Machines

Date: 12 15 1937
Description: Three men operate machinery inside a cotton gin owned by O.L. Garmon.
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R.E. Cox Cotton Gin Interior

Date: 11 30 1937
Description: A worker stands at a machine inside a cotton gin owned by R.E. Cox.
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Long Short Cotton Gin

Date: 12 15 1937
Description: Workers tend machines inside the Long Short Gin. The machinery was powered by an International PD-80 power unit.
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Cotton Gin Interior

Date: 12 15 1937
Description: Workers operate machinery powered by an International PD-80 power unit at Siut-Me Gin Company.
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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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Cotton Workers

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Description: Posed studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of two African American agricultural workers picking cotton, location unknown. A little girl sits in a...
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Massachusetts Mill

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Description: An interior view of large machines in the card room of Massachusetts Mill, which produced 1/7 of all textiles in Georgia. Caption reads: "No. 2 Card Room, ...

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