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Tompkins Papers

Cotton Machinery

Cotton being placed on round bales and roller compressor. Physical Description: Original from Tompkins collection 4x5 negative Publisher: Unknown

Cotton Machine

Mule-powered cotton producing syndicate machine. Physical Description: 4x5 negative Publisher: Unknown

Cotton farmers in town

Cotton farmers selling their crop in town market.

Physical Description: Original in Tompkins Collection4x5 negatives

Publisher: Unknown

Field Workers in Cotton

Field hands working in cotton fields Physical Description: 4x5 negative Publisher: Unknown

Cotton Worker

Worker marking bales of cotton as sold. Physical Description: Original from Tompkins Papers Collection - 4x5 negative Publisher: Unknown

Cotton gin

Picture shows workers hauling cotton to the gin. Physical Description: 4x5 negative Publisher: Unknown

Sharecropper's home

Photograph of a typical sharecropper or tenant farmer's home in Mecklenburg County Physical Description: Original from Tompkins Collection4x5 negative Publisher: Unknown

Cotton machines

Cotton gin house with the cotton screw/press on the right. A typical gin house like this produced three bales of cotton a day. Physical Description: 4x5 negative Publisher: Unknown

Cotton machinery

Machines like this were used for picking cotton. Physical Description: 4x5 negative Publisher: Unknown

Cotton Machine

Cotton gin house with the cotton screw/press on the right. A typical gin house like this produced three bales of cotton a day. Physical Description: 4x5 negative Publisher: Unknown