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Cotton Gin Building
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Exterior view of the Wilmot Gin Company. Two men stand on a ramp in the open second-story door of the building. In the foreground is a platform loaded with bales of cotton.
December 15, 1937
International Harvester Company
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Wilmot Gin Company
1937
Workers tend machinery powered by an International PD-80 power unit at the Wilmot Gin Company. Original caption reads: "Wilmot Gin Co., Arcola, Miss. owned by L.L. Parton of Wilmot, Miss. PD-80 2 ...
Peacock Gin
December 15, 1937
Wagons loaded with cotton are parked outside the Peacock Gin. A man stands on a platform to the left of the wagons. The sign on the building reads: "Seed Today! We Pay No Hauling or Extra Rebates."
Siut-Me Gin Company
December 19, 1937
Exterior view of the cotton gin at Siut-Me Gin Company. Bales of cotton are piled on a platform in the foreground, and horse-drawn and tractor-drawn wagons are waiting in line on the left to unload...
International PD-80 at Rosedale Cotton Gin
December 15, 1937
International PD-80 power unit at Rosedale Gin. Original caption reads: "Rosedale Gin owned by J.E. Dottel. PD-80-3-80 saw - 1 3/4 gals. per bale."
Peacock Gin Interior
December 15, 1937
Men operate machinery powered by an International PD-80 power unit inside the Peacock cotton gin.
Workers at Cotton Gin Machines
December 15, 1937
Three men operate machinery inside a cotton gin owned by O.L. Garmon.
