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McCormick-Deering Cotton Picker Mounted on a Farmall Tractor

Date: 1932
Description: African American man operating an experimental two-row cotton picker in a field.
Drawing

General Rosecranz / Battle at Corinth

Date: 10 03 1862
Description: "General Rosecranz and staff huredly [sic] erecting earthworks during the Battle at Corinth. The enemy driving in our lines." Men are on horses on a...
Drawing

Battle of Corinth

Date: 10 03 1862
Description: "Combined Confederate attack upon [Batteries] Robinette and Davis the attack on Battery Robinette being defeated and that on Davis resulting in the defeat ...
Drawing

Battle at Corinth

Date: 05 1862
Description: An image from a sketchbook of the "[William Stark Rosencrans'] battle at Corinth." Corinth, Mississippi, May 22-30.
Drawing

The Skirmish near Farmington

Date: 1862
Description: "Battle ground in foreground where occurred the skirmish near Farmington near Corinth." Farmington church near Corinth, Mississippi. Preliminary sketch sho...
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Cavalry Skirmish

Date: 11 12 1862
Description: Watercolor of a skirmish between the 7th Kansas Cavalry, Company A of the 12th Wisconsin Infantry, & Jackson's Rebel Cavalry near Lamar, Mississippi.
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Amzie Moore in Uniform

Date: 
Description: Head and shoulders portrait of Amzie Moore in military uniform.
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B.J. Clark Dairy and Farm

Date: 
Description: Panoramic view of the B.J. Dairy and Farm. Shows fenced-in yard with various cows in front of a round barn.
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New Mechanical Cotton Picker

Date: 1942
Description: Two cotton pickers, the first driven by Fowler McCormick, president of the International Harvester Company, drive through a field on the Hopson Planting Co...
Photograph

Hopson Plantation

Date: 1942
Description: Farm buildings stand in the distance at the Hopson Planting Company's plantation.
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Cotton Storage Bin

Date: 1942
Description: Piles of cotton fill a storage bin at the Hopson Planting Company plantation.
Photograph

Hopson Plantation

Date: 1942
Description: Several buildings on the Hopson Planting Company's plantation.
Print

Underground Newspaper Cover: The Kudzu

Date: 06 24 1969
Description: Cover of "The Kudzu," an underground newspaper, featuring a reproduction of Martin Schongauer's 15th Century engraving entitled, "Saint Anthony Tormented b...
Photograph

Delta Implement Company Employees

Date: 1929
Description: Employees of the Delta Implement Company, an International Harvester dealership, lined up outdoors for a group portrait.
Photograph

Delta Implement Company

Date: 1929
Description: Signs hanging on the Delta Implement Company storefront advertise "McCormick-Deering Farm Equipment", "Trucks" and "Tractors". Delta Implement Company was ...
Photograph

Man on Wagon Pulled by Mules

Date: 1920
Description: A man driving a Weber wagon with two mules sitting in front of a building in front of the Komp Machine Works.
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Myles Horton with Man Smoking

Date: 
Description: Civil rights period, Delta Ministry. Myles Horton speaking with an African American man smoking a cigar.
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Holly Springs Baptist College Burning

Date: 
Description: Charred remains of a Baptist College after having been burned.
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Eddie Carthan Victory Party

Date: 1982
Description: Victory celebration for Eddie Carthan, the black activist mayor of Tchula, Mississippi. Carthan was convicted on charges of robbery and murder in 1981. Thi...
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Eddie Carthan Victory Party

Date: 1983
Description: Eddie Carthan, the black mayor of Tchula, Mississippi, seen at the party celebrating the commutation of his sentence. Carthan was jailed on charges thought...

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