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Mechanical Cotton Picker

Date: 1942
Description: African American field worker testing an experimental International Harvester cotton picker. Original caption reads: "A close-up front view of the Harveste...
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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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Family Posing around Farmhouse

Date: 1921
Description: View across field towards a family standing on the porch of a farmhouse while a man is standing in the adjacent field with a horse. In the background, clot...
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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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Hopson Plantation

Date: 1942
Description: Farm buildings stand in the distance at the Hopson Planting Company's plantation.
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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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Hopson Plantation

Date: 1942
Description: Several buildings on the Hopson Planting Company's plantation.
Book or Pamphlet

Picking Cotton

Date: 06 1931
Description: African Americans picking cotton on a large plantation in Virginia.
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Hinsdale Demonstration

Date: 1945
Description: A man demonstrates a McCormick-Deering cotton picker under a tent on the Hinsdale experimental farm.
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Farmall H with Cotton Planter

Date: 1950
Description: Slightly elevated view of a man using a McCormick Farmall H tractor with a forward cotton planter to work in a field. The original caption reads: "'Blackla...
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Farmall H Tractor with Cotton Planter

Date: 1950
Description: Slightly elevated view of a man using a McCormick Farmall H tractor outfitted with a cotton planter to work in a field. The original caption reads: "'Furro...
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Farmall H with Cotton Planter

Date: 1950
Description: Slightly elevated view of a man using a McCormick Farmall H tractor with a HM-278 cotton planter to work in a field. The original caption reads: "'Bed' pla...
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Super A Tractor with Cotton Planter

Date: 1950
Description: Slightly elevated view of a man using a Farmall Super A tractor with a cotton planter attachment to plant in a field. The original caption reads: "'Bed' pl...
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Farmall M with Cotton Planter

Date: 1950
Description: Slightly elevated view of a man using a McCormick Farmall M tractor with a forward mounted cotton planter to work in a field. The original caption reads: "...
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Picking Cotton

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Description: Agricultural workers harvesting cotton, location unknown. Some of the workers are using horse-drawn plows. Two small buildings are in the distance. Caption...
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Cotton Yard

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Description: View of a cotton yard. Bundled cotton waits to be transported. A cotton weighing machine reads: "P.T. Talbot & Son." A house is in the background.
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Bales of Cotton in Storage

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Description: Outdoor elevated view of a large storage area with thousands of bales of cotton. A few houses or other buildings can be seen in the background. Caption rea...
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Abandoned Cotton Field

Date: 03 18 1915
Description: View of an abandoned cotton field along the side of a dirt road. A farmhouse and farm buildings are in the distance.
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Baled Cotton Stored in Middle of Street

Date: 02 23 1915
Description: Bales of cotton stored in the middle of a damp dirt road. Houses or storefronts are on both sides of the road in the background.
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Cotton Presentation

Date: 1915
Description: View from back of classroom of Dr. W.B. Hinds pointing at a graph as he delivers an agricultural lecture on cotton to students seated at North Alabama Bapt...

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