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Picking Cotton
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A group of agricultural workers in a cotton field near Temple. Two men use a weighing device to weigh a bushel basket full of cotton. Two small children are in the cotton field. A horse-drawn wagon is in the distance. Caption reads: "Picking Cotton Near Temple, Texas."
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Picking Cotton
1905
A group of agricultural workers picking cotton in the vicinity of Shawnee. Several children are in the field. The cotton is being loaded into a horse-drawn cart. Caption reads: "Picking Cotton, Sha...
Harvesting Cotton
Two children pose near a pile of harvested cotton, location unknown. Nearby, another child stands next to a woman picking cotton.
Picking Cotton
Agricultural workers harvesting cotton, location unknown. Some of the workers are using horse-drawn plows. Two small buildings are in the distance. Caption reads: "Cotton Picking."
Cotton Workers
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 full basket of cotton.
Horse-Drawn Potato Diggers
May 1, 1928
Potato digger drawn by three horses in field near a man wearing a white shirt with collar and boater hat. A wire basket full of potatoes and a bushel basket with potatoes and hat(?) are in the fore...
