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Mechanical Cotton Picker
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African American field worker testing an experimental International Harvester cotton picker. Original caption reads: "A close-up front view of the Harvester cotton picker showing how the row of cotton plants flows through the picking drums. This test field had a prolific leaf growth, but the picker nevertheless did an effective picking job. This photograph was taken during field operations on the Ohlendorf plantation near Osceola, Arkansas."
1942
International Harvester Company
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Man Operating International Harvester Cotton Picker
1942
African American man dumping a load of cotton from an experimental International Harvester cotton picker into a wagon.
New Mechanical Cotton Picker
1942
Two cotton pickers, the first driven by Fowler McCormick, president of the International Harvester Company, drive through a field on the Hopson Planting Company's plantation to demonstrate the effe...
Experimental International Harvester Cotton Picker
1937
Man operating an experimental International Harvester cotton picker in a cotton field on the Hopson Plantation near Clarksdale, Mississippi. Two automobiles are parked in the background. Original ...
Field Testing Experimental Cotton Picker
March 16, 1927
Engineering photograph of men field testing an experimental cotton picker pulled by a Farmall tractor.
Unloading International Harvester Cotton Picker
1942
Two men are watching as cotton is unloaded from an experimental International Harvester cotton picker into a wagon. A Farmall tractor is in the foreground.
Experimental Cotton Picker Mounted on a Farmall B Tractor
1944
Field test of an experimental International Harvester cotton picker mounted on a Farmall B tractor. The caption reads "Experimental IH low-drum 1-row Farmall mounted cotton picker with clearing and...
