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Farming

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

Cotton workers

Cotton pickers waiting to load the wagons. Physical Description: 4x5 negative Publisher: Unknown

Farm Workers

Uncle Issac and his wife (name unknown) pose for a picture in front of their cabin. 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

Black farming family

Uncle Issac and his wife (name unknown) in front of their cabin. Physical Description: 4x5 negative Publisher: Unknown

Gin House

Plantation cotton gin house Physical Description: 4x5 negative Publisher: Unknown

Cotton farm workers

Woker hauling cotton to gin in a mule drawn wagon. Physical Description: 4x5 negative Publisher: Unknown

Cotton ginnery

Cotton ginnnery. Physical Description: 4x5 negative Publisher: Unknown

Cotton Workers

Cotton worker driving cotton to gin in a mule-drawn wagon. Physical Description: 4x5 negative Publisher: Unknown