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Image Not Available for Cotton picking is the largest single annual job performed in the U.S. At th end of every summer some 9 million hands pick, gin, and bale 6 million pounds of cotton valued at 700 million dollars. Here a worker inserts the strips that bind the bales.
Cotton picking is the largest single annual job performed in the U.S. At th end of every summer some 9 million hands pick, gin, and bale 6 million pounds of cotton valued at 700 million dollars. Here a worker inserts the strips that bind the bales.
Image Not Available for Cotton picking is the largest single annual job performed in the U.S. At th end of every summer some 9 million hands pick, gin, and bale 6 million pounds of cotton valued at 700 million dollars. Here a worker inserts the strips that bind the bales.

Cotton picking is the largest single annual job performed in the U.S. At th end of every summer some 9 million hands pick, gin, and bale 6 million pounds of cotton valued at 700 million dollars. Here a worker inserts the strips that bind the bales.

Creator Alfred Eisenstaedt (American, 1898 - 1995)
Date1930s
Mediumgelatin silver print
DimensionsOverall: 25.8 x 18.8 cm (10 3/16 x 7 3/8 in.)
Credit LineAnonymous Gift, 2002
Category
    Object number2002/5013
    LocationNot currently on display

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