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"Old Red" Cotton Picker

Date: 1969
Description: "Old Red," the "first commercial cotton picker," and a new International 622 cotton picker en route to the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C. "Ol...
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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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Hopson Plantation

Date: 1942
Description: Several buildings on the Hopson Planting Company's plantation.
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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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Men Examine Cotton Picker

Date: 1945
Description: A group of men gather around a cotton picker on display at International Harvester's Hinsdale experimental farm.
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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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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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Diversified Farming Speakers

Date: 02 19 1915
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...
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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 Hauling Bales of Cotton

Date: 1905
Description: Men transporting large bales of cotton in a warehouse or loading dock.
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Two Men with Farmall A Tractor and Cotton Picker

Date: 1947
Description: View from front of man driving a Farmall A tractor pulling a wagon. Beside the wagon on the left is a man driving a cotton picker. The cotton picker basket...
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UD-24 — Cotton Gins

Date: 1950
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...
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UD-24 — Cotton Gins

Date: 1950
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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