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Agriculture North Carolina Mecklenburg County

Cotton Screw Press

A cotton screw press somewhere in Charlotte. Physical Description: 3x5 color Publisher: Washington News Company

Loading Cotton onto Rail Cars

Shows workers trucking cotton on the Old City Platform. Physical Description: 3x5 black and white Publisher: Stone and Barringer Publishers

Cotton Machinery

 
Interior shot of cotton ginnery. Physical Description: Publisher: Unknown

Cotton Workers

Workers picking cotton in the fields. Physical Description: 4x5 negative Publisher: Unknown

Cotton machines

Steam-powered gin house. Physical Description: 4x5 negative Publisher: Unknown

Cotton Machine

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

Cotton gin

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

Agricultural workers

Workers going home after a day in the cotton fields. Physical Description: 4x5 negative Publisher: Unknown