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African American Workers at IHC McCormick Works

Date: 1905
Description: Group of employees, all men or young men, and mostly African American, posing inside manila or cotton processing room of IHC's McCormick Works. One man is ...
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Peacock Gin

Date: 12 15 1937
Description: 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 T...
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Peacock Gin Interior

Date: 12 15 1937
Description: Men operate machinery powered by an International PD-80 power unit inside the Peacock cotton gin.
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International PD-80 at Rosedale Cotton Gin

Date: 12 15 1937
Description: International PD-80 power unit at Rosedale Gin.
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Rosedale Gin Interior

Date: 1937
Description: A worker operates a machine powered by an International PD-80 power unit at the Rosedale Gin.
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Wilmot Gin Company

Date: 1937
Description: Workers tend machinery powered by an International PD-80 power unit at the Wilmot Gin Company.
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Workers at Cotton Gin Machines

Date: 12 15 1937
Description: Three men operate machinery inside a cotton gin owned by O.L. Garmon.
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R.E. Cox Cotton Gin

Date: 11 30 1937
Description: Exterior view of a cotton gin owned by R.E. Cox. Two men stand beneath the building's overhang and a mule or horse-drawn wagon stands to the left of the bu...
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R.E. Cox Cotton Gin Interior

Date: 11 30 1937
Description: A worker stands at a machine inside a cotton gin owned by R.E. Cox.
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Long Short Cotton Gin

Date: 12 15 1937
Description: Workers tend machines inside the Long Short Gin. The machinery was powered by an International PD-80 power unit.
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Siut-Me Gin Company

Date: 12 19 1937
Description: 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...
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Cotton Gin Interior

Date: 12 15 1937
Description: Workers operate machinery powered by an International PD-80 power unit at Siut-Me Gin Company.
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Massachusetts Mill

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Description: An interior view of large machines in the card room of Massachusetts Mill, which produced 1/7 of all textiles in Georgia. Caption reads: "No. 2 Card Room, ...
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Massachusetts Mills

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Description: Slightly elevated view of large machines in the card room of Massachusetts Mill, which produced 1/7 of all textiles in Georgia. Photograph published by Br...
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Massachusetts Mills

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Description: Rows of large spinning machines can be seen in the card room of Massachusetts Mill, which produced 1/7 of all textiles in Georgia. Caption reads: "No. 3 Sp...
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Pioneer Cotton Mill

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Description: Elevated view of women working in the spinning room of the Pioneer Cotton Mill, which was in full operation by 1910, with W. H. Coyle as president. Caption...
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Pioneer Cotton Mill

Date: 1910
Description: A young boy and a man are shown among the machinery in the carding room of the Pioneer Cotton Mill, which was in full operation by 1910, with W. H. Coyle a...
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Cotton Compress

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Description: Men surrounded by large bales of cotton stand and wait near a cotton compress, also known as a bailing machine.
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Power Units for Cotton Gins

Date: 1938
Description: Cover of an advertising brochure for power units suitable for use with cotton gins. Features photographic illustrations of cotton gins and International po...
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UD-24 — Irrigation

Date: 1950
Description: Subject: "TD-24 — Road Building." Where Taken: "Pac." Information with photograph reads: "Owned by A.E. Maggini, Burrel, Calif. Used for pumping water on n...

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