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Cotton Picker with Open Drum
January 20, 1925
Engineering photograph of an experimental pneumatic spindle cotton picker with the drum open.
Cotton Picker Drums
January 20, 1925
Engineering photograph of the drums on an experimental pneumatic spindle cotton picker.
Cotton Picker with Closed Drum
June 26, 1925
Engineering photograph of an experimental pneumatic spindle cotton picker with its drum closed.
Short Tapered Spindle Cotton Picker
February 14, 1930
Engineering photograph of the drum on an experimental short tapered spindle cotton picker.
Cotton Picker Soap Water Tank
September 10, 1927
Engineering photograph of the "soap water tank, etc." of an experimental pneumatic spindle cotton picker.
Cotton Picker Spindle
February 20, 1933
Engineering photograph showing three views of a cotton picker spindle with inserted pins.
