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Women and Spinning Wheels

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Description: View of four women on a lawn wearing dresses and bonnets, posing with wool and flax spinning wheels.
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Garden Scene

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Description: View of a garden with the columned entrance to a mansion in the background. The garden includes azalea bushes, yucca plants, palm trees and a cannon.
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Union Street

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Description: A view of Union Street, which is a wide thoroughfare with a grass median. On the left side of the median is both a car and truck. On the right side a figur...
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Cattle Grazing under the Pine Trees at Bessie Tift College

Date: 1925
Description: Cattle grazing amidst the trees.
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Picking Cotton

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Description: A group of agricultural workers picking cotton in a field.
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Terminal Station

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Description: Elevated view of Terminal Station, which opened in 1905, serving Southern Railway, Seaboard Air Line, Central of Georgia, and the Atlanta and West Point. T...
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Meeting of the Board of Governors

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Description: View across room toward a group of men sitting around a desk for a meeting. Caption reads: "Meeting of Board of Governors, Tifton Chamber of Commerce, Tift...
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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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Grist Mill

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Description: View from road with a stone wall toward a small stone building housing a grist mill, with a large water wheel on the right side. Surrounding the grist mill...
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Mill Pond Plantation

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Description: A view of the old mill at the Mill Pond Plantation, with a man standing on a stool with a full bag over his shoulder and a horse and wagon in front of the ...
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Massachusetts Mills

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Description: Slightly elevated view of large machines in the card room of Massachusetts Mill, which produced 1/7 of all textiles in Georgia. Photograph published by Br...
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Massachusetts Mills

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Description: Rows of large spinning machines can be seen in the card room of Massachusetts Mill, which produced 1/7 of all textiles in Georgia. Caption reads: "No. 3 Sp...
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The Massachusetts Cotton Mill Buildings

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Description: A view of the Massachusetts Cotton Mill buildings, including the cloth room and the boiler rooms.
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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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A Boom Scene of Timbers On a River

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Description: View across water toward men standing and working on logs in the middle of the river. Booms help to collect the logs that are shipped down river from the f...
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A Boom Scene with Timbers

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Description: Elevated view of two men standing on log booms which cover much of the river's surface. In the background are trees and a bridge.
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The Atlantic Refining Company Plant

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Description: A large circular structure stands in the foreground of the Atlantic Refining Company Plant, the first refinery in the United States, established by Charles...
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Old Stone Furnace

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Description: Built by Jacob Stroup in the 1830's, the old stone furnace was used by Cooper Iron Works for making iron. A group of people are posing in front. Caption re...
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Composite of Cotton Gin and Farmers

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Description: A composite of two images pertaining to cotton. The image on the top left is of a cotton gin and the lower right is an image of farmers with horse-drawn ca...
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Naval Storage

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Description: The naval stores docks piled high with barrels. Men can be seen rolling the barrels and buildings are in the background. Caption reads: "Naval Storage Dock...

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