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Pneumatic Cotton Picker
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Men are holding a white backdrop behind an experimental version of an International Harvester cotton picker. The original caption reads: "This was an early attempt to apply the pneumatic principle in the development of a mechanical cotton picker. The Company's engineers found this type of machine impractical."
September 2, 1924
International Harvester Company
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WHi 50688
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Cotton Picker
November 20, 1923
Engineering photograph of an experimental pneumatic spindle cotton picker on a Farmall tractor.
Pneumatic Spindle Cotton Picker
January 20, 1925
Engineering photograph of an experimental pneumatic spindle cotton picker.
Experimental Cotton Harvester
July 17, 1941
Engineering photograph of the left side of an experimental cotton harvester [picker].
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.
Experimental Cotton Picker
September 12, 1930
Engineering photograph of a "rebuilt" experimental one row cotton picker ("assembled on F-T-2517").
