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Man Harvesting Cotton with Mechanical Picker

Date: 1932
Description: African American man harvesting cotton with an experimental McCormick-Deering 2-row cotton picker mounted on a Farmall Regular tractor.
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Clarksdale IH Dealership

Date: 1942
Description: Mechanics work on tractors and a truck in the service shop of an International Harvester dealership. Advertising banners hang from the ceiling and in the b...
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Cotton Storage Bin

Date: 1942
Description: Piles of cotton fill a storage bin at the Hopson Planting Company plantation.
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Clarksdale IH Dealership

Date: 1942
Description: Two men at a parts counter in an International Harvester dealership. There is a water cooler, advertising poster, hammer mill and parts bins in the store. ...
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Clarksdale IH Dealership

Date: 1942
Description: Exterior view of the storefront of an International Harvester dealership with a truck parked in front. On the left is a chain-link fence, with a sign in th...
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Cotton Picker on Farmall Regular Tractor

Date: 1932
Description: Man operating an experimental 2-row cotton picker built around a Farmall Regular tractor [original caption reads: "Regular Farmall & 2 row cotton picker"]....
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African American Farm Laborer at Stovall's Plantation

Date: 05 01 1928
Description: Young man sitting in a planter drawn by two mules on the plantation of Mrs. William H. Stovall.
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Young Man with P&O Planter at Stovall's Plantation

Date: 05 01 1928
Description: Young African-American man sitting on a P&O planter pulled by mules on the plantation of Mrs. William H. Stovall.
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McCormick-Deering Cotton Picker Mounted on a Farmall Tractor

Date: 1932
Description: African American man operating an experimental two-row cotton picker in a field.
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Experimental International Harvester Cotton Picker

Date: 1937
Description: Man operating an experimental International Harvester cotton picker in a cotton field on the Hopson Plantation near Clarksdale, Mississippi. Two automobil...
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Clarksdale IH Dealership Tool Room

Date: 1942
Description: Mechanics work near a Farmall Tractor in the service shop of an International Harvester dealership. A sign on the back wall near the windows reads: "We Do ...
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Hopson Plantation

Date: 1942
Description: Several buildings on the Hopson Planting Company's plantation.
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Hopson Plantation

Date: 1942
Description: Farm buildings stand in the distance at the Hopson Planting Company's plantation.
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New Mechanical Cotton Picker

Date: 1942
Description: Two cotton pickers, the first driven by Fowler McCormick, president of the International Harvester Company, drive through a field on the Hopson Planting Co...

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