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White cotton, black pickers and a gin. Humble and crude, but the crop Uncle Sam depends on to maintain his gold balance

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C1915.
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Keywords

  1. African Americans
  2. Collotypes
  3. Cotton
  4. Cotton Plantations
  5. Employment
  6. Hand Colored
  7. Harvesting
  8. Panoramic Photographs
  9. Reproductions
  10. United States

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