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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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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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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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Cotton Workers

Date: 
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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Men Baling Cotton

Date: 1905
Description: Group of men baling cotton in a warehouse.
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Men Baling Cotton

Date: 1905
Description: Men baling cotton in a warehouse.
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Men Hauling Bales of Cotton

Date: 1905
Description: Men transporting large bales of cotton in a warehouse or loading dock.
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UD-24 — Cotton Gins

Date: 1950
Description: View towards a man inside a building with cotton gins. Subject: "UD-24 — Cotton Gins." Where Taken: "SE." Information with photograph reads: "Owned by Koss...
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UD-24 — Cotton Gins

Date: 1950
Description: View towards a man working with cotton. Subject: "UD-24 — Cotton Gins." Where Taken: "SE." Information with photograph reads: "Owned by Kossuth Gin Co., Ko...

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