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Mechanical Cotton Picker

Date: 1942
Description: African American field worker testing an experimental International Harvester cotton picker. Original caption reads: "A close-up front view of the Harveste...
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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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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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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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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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Hotel Noble Menu Interior

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Description: Interior of the Hotel Noble menu, with spot illustrations: a chicken on a platter; a man reclines with his hat over his face, a snoozing chicken on his che...
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UD-24 — Cotton Gins

Date: 1950
Description: Subject: "UD-24 — Cotton Gins." Where Taken: "SW." Information with photograph reads: "Owned by the Tipler Farm, Parkin, Ark. The 2-stand gin and other mac...

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