Title

African American workers picking and processing cotton

Creator

Date Original

circa 1900s - 1910s

Description

Five images of African American workers picking and processing cotton: .1 - Four children picking cotton with the landowner standing in the field. This image has 3 black and white duplicates. .2 - Several workers picking in the field. .3 - African American woman standing by baskets of cotton and displaying a handful of coins. This image has 1 black and white duplicate. .4 - Men using baling machine in a warehouse. .5 - Bales of cotton in a warehouse. All images originally belonged to the former Philadelphia Commercial Museum. Sepia-toned, mounted on grey cardboard

Language

English

Identifier

PHC00004977.01-.05

Resource Type

Image

Collection

PHC photo file

Publisher

Arkansas State Archive

Recommended Citation

PHC00004977.01-.05, PHC photo file, Arkansas State Archives, Little Rock, Arkansas.

Rights

Use and reproduction of images held by the Arkansas State Archives without prior written permission is prohibited. For information on reproducing images held by the Arkansas State Archives, please call 501-682-6900 or email at state.archives@arkansas.gov.

Disciplines

United States History

Comments

The cardboard support on all 5 images is slightly warped.