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- Picking Cotton, Georgia, 1887 -
- 1887
- Collections - Artifact
Picking Cotton, Georgia, 1887
- "We's done all dis s'mornin'," 1899 - This stereograph features children with a full basket of cotton, the cash crop dominating southern agriculture at the time. The caption, in dialect, implied that these children were uneducated. Its translation into six languages conveyed that impression internationally. In reality, cotton pickers earned low wages (one penny per pound) and their impoverished condition undermined access to adequate education.
- 1899
- Collections - Artifact
"We's done all dis s'mornin'," 1899
This stereograph features children with a full basket of cotton, the cash crop dominating southern agriculture at the time. The caption, in dialect, implied that these children were uneducated. Its translation into six languages conveyed that impression internationally. In reality, cotton pickers earned low wages (one penny per pound) and their impoverished condition undermined access to adequate education.
- Cars Loaded with Cotton Bales on Levee, near Cotton Growing District, Texas, circa 1920 -
- circa 1920
- Collections - Artifact
Cars Loaded with Cotton Bales on Levee, near Cotton Growing District, Texas, circa 1920
- Cotton Farmers Waiting at the Gin, 1906-1922 -
- 1906-1922
- Collections - Artifact
Cotton Farmers Waiting at the Gin, 1906-1922
- Large Cotton Threads Rolled into Large Cans before Entering the Doubling Machine, circa 1935 -
- February 06, 1940
- Collections - Artifact
Large Cotton Threads Rolled into Large Cans before Entering the Doubling Machine, circa 1935
- Drawing Process of Cotton Fibers, circa 1935 -
- circa 1935
- Collections - Artifact
Drawing Process of Cotton Fibers, circa 1935
- "Excelsior" Cotton Gin, circa 1875 -
- circa 1875
- Collections - Artifact
"Excelsior" Cotton Gin, circa 1875
- Earle & Eames Trade Catalog, "Notice to Manufacturers: Earle & Eames Now Manufacturing all Kinds of Cotton and Wool Card Clothing," 1846 -
- 1846
- Collections - Artifact
Earle & Eames Trade Catalog, "Notice to Manufacturers: Earle & Eames Now Manufacturing all Kinds of Cotton and Wool Card Clothing," 1846
- Picking Cotton, Louisiana, 1883-1900 -
- 1883-1900
- Collections - Artifact
Picking Cotton, Louisiana, 1883-1900
- Self-Propelled Cotton Picker, 1950 - This is the first commercially successful self-propelled cotton picker. The inventor, John Rust, worked for decades to develop a machine that would end the back-breaking labor of picking cotton that he experienced in his youth. The machine reduced the labor required to pick cotton by 80%, contributing to the Great Migration from the rural south to northern cities in the 1950s.
- 1950
- Collections - Artifact
Self-Propelled Cotton Picker, 1950
This is the first commercially successful self-propelled cotton picker. The inventor, John Rust, worked for decades to develop a machine that would end the back-breaking labor of picking cotton that he experienced in his youth. The machine reduced the labor required to pick cotton by 80%, contributing to the Great Migration from the rural south to northern cities in the 1950s.