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The Wisconsin Historical Society offers an ever-growing digital collection. Digitized materials reflect the full range of items in the collections including photographs, letters, newsletters, films, posters, architectural drawings, menus, and ephemera.
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Harvesting Cotton
Two children pose near a pile of harvested cotton, location unknown. Nearby, another child stands next to a woman picking cotton.
Hand Picking Cotton
Agricultural workers picking cotton by hand. Two children are on the right side of the group.
Picking Cotton
1905
A group of agricultural workers picking cotton in the vicinity of Shawnee. Several children are in the field. The cotton is being loaded into a horse-drawn cart. Caption reads: "Picking Cotton, Sha...
Picking Peanuts
Agricultural workers picking peanuts. Caption reads: "Picking Peanuts In Isle Of Wight, Va."
Picking Cotton
Agricultural workers harvesting cotton, location unknown. Some of the workers are using horse-drawn plows. Two small buildings are in the distance. Caption reads: "Cotton Picking."
In the Cotton Field
A group of agricultural workers and their children pose with a wagon full of cotton in a cotton field, location unknown. Caption reads: "In The Cotton Field."
