Cotton machines
Steam-powered gin house. Physical Description: 4x5 negative Publisher: Unknown
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Field Workers in Cotton
Field hands working in cotton fields 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
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