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[Ransom store and Cotton platform in Richmond]

Description: Postcard, Ransom store, Cotton platform, Richmond. Ransom Store in background (far left) with train tracks in front of it.. Cotton bales in foreground. Wooden barrel in far, right corner.
Date: 1909
Partner: Fort Bend Museum

Cotton Compress & Bales

Description: Color postcard of cotton compress and warehouse with cotton bales ready to ship.
Date: 1912
Partner: Taylor Public Library

Cotton Compress, Taylor, Texas

Description: Postcard of the cotton compress with bales of cotton ready for shipping. Railroad cars are stationed between the loading docks.
Date: 1908
Partner: Taylor Public Library

[Cotton Picking Scene of Paris, Tex.]

Description: Color postcard with an image of workers picking cotton in Paris, Texas. Handwritten on the front of the postcard is, "Hello Precious, Aunt Rosa." The postcard is addressed to Miss Rosa Louise Dill, 206 East 5th Street, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. It is postmarked Monett & Paris on Mar 11, 1907.
Date: unknown
Partner: Private Collection of Joe E. Haynes

[Postcard of Cotton Gin in Caradan, Texas]

Description: Postcard of two men standing on a wooden platform with a bale of cotton hung from a pulley rig between them. A wheeled cart is visible in the bottom left, along with two more cotton bales.
Date: unknown
Partner: Jennie Trent Dew Library

[Postcard of Farmers Union Warehouse]

Description: Postcard of a man standing between stacks of cotton bales in a large barn, with the caption, "Rogers Tex. Farmers Union Warehouse." A handwritten note on the back of the postcard is addressed to Miss Annie Wiggers in Temple, Texas and says, "Hello. How are you this eve? I am down in the bottom cutting wood now. Got 8 more boys with me. We are having a good old time. Well how was preaching Sunday? Mattie & Leo. Kreuger were at our house Sunday. All went to Knob Creek to prayer meeting Sunday nig… more
Date: January 24, 1907
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Postcard of Cotton Compress]

Description: Postcard of men working with a cotton compress in Waco, Texas. A handwritten note next to the photo says "I guess you remember the time the old man took us through here. Mrs. J."
Date: 1893
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

Cotton Gin

Description: Copy print postcard of a cotton processing plant in Danevang, Texas. The property has a broad expanse of territory. The main buildings seem to be concentrated on the right, and additional farming equipment and tools are to the left, which also include carriages and cotton bales. Hand-written text on the back of the postcard was photocopied. Most of the text cannot be read with certainty.
Date: unknown
Partner: Danish Heritage Preservation Society

[Corn & Cotton Hillyer Farm]

Description: Postcard, Corn & Cotton Hillyer Farm. Field with corn on right, cotton on left.
Date: 1909
Partner: Fort Bend Museum

[Cotton and corn field]

Description: Postcard image of cotton and corn. Cotton to left and center, corn in upper right of photo.
Date: 1909
Partner: Fort Bend Museum

[Cotton compress]

Description: Postcard of a large building that was a cotton compress in Wellington. The exterior of the building is plain and white, and the roof is repeatedly slanted.
Date: unknown
Partner: Collingsworth County Museum

[Waco Inland Cotton Market]

Description: Postcard image of an inland cotton market in Waco, Texas. Text on the image reads "Waco, the Largest Inland Cotton Market in Texas". Visible is rows of cotton bales covered by fabric. In the background other buildings are seen including the First Presbyterian Church in the center.
Date: unknown
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Postcard of Cotton Wharf in New Orleans, Louisiana]

Description: Postcard of a wharf with bales of cotton in front of ships. Printed text on the back of the postcard states that the place pictured is the Cotton Wharf in New Orleans, Louisiana. Handwritten note on the back of the postcard from Cecil to Lou Rayburn tells of Cecil's traveling plans.
Date: January 13, 1911
Partner: Sam Rayburn House State Historical Site

[Compress in Temple]

Description: Postcard of a colorized photograph of the Temple Cotton Compress, a wooden structure with a tower and smoke stack, with rows of bales of cotton and several men moving individual bales in the foreground. Printed on the front of the postcard: "Compress, Temple, Texas." There is handwritten correspondence on the back of the postcard.
Date: May 1, 1909
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Cotton Yard in Waco]

Description: Postcard of a colorized photograph of several rows of cotton bales and men with horses and carriages in a cotton yard in Waco; there are factories and other buildings featuring advertisements and some trees in the background. Printed on the front of the postcard: "Waco, Texas. Cotton Yard." There is a handwritten letter on the back of the postcard.
Date: October 7, 1914
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Houston Cotton Wharf]

Description: Postcard of a color image of a cotton wharf in Houston featuring many bales of cotton and a structure in the background. Printed on the front of the postcard: "Cotton Wharf at Houston, Tex., The Greatest Cotton Market in the World."
Date: unknown
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Compressing and Loading Cotton]

Description: Postcard of a colorized photograph of a boat loaded with cotton bales in a canal with several men standing in front of a cotton compressing and loading facility and a railway bridge in the background. Printed on the front of the postcard: "Compressing and Loading Cotton, Houston, Texas."
Date: July 26, 1911
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Postcard from Ethel to Lois Matlock, October 26, 1911]

Description: Postcard from Ethel (possibly Ethel Harris) to Lois Matlock asking her if she is going to the fair the next day and if she is excited for school to start. The image on the front depicts a child sitting down on the ground with a title that reads: "Never Trouble Trouble Till Trouble Troubles you."
Date: October 26, 1911
Partner: Murphy Historical Society Inc.

"Picking Cotton", Marshall, Texas

Description: Color tinted halftone postcard showing people picking cotton in a field near Marshall, Texas. A basket full of cotton is in the foreground, and behind it two Black workers stand next to another full basket with a white man holding a note pad standing next to them. Behind them to the right is a wagon onto which cotton is being loaded. Many other people are in the field picking. A woman wearing a large sunbonnet and and a child are in the foreground on the left, putting cotton into a sack. In the… more
Date: [1907..1915]
Creator: Elgin, Mrs. Tom
Partner: Harrison County Historical Museum

[Cotton Compress, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma]

Description: Color postcard with an image of a cotton compress. Above the image is the text, "Cotton Compress, OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla." and handwritten is, "Oct/20th/07." The correspondence on the back of the postcard reads, "My Dear Auntie Mud and I are awful fond of our [ ] of my dirty giny [ ] fix a while Mud will write you in a day or two and send you some [ ]." The postcard is addressed to Miss Rosa Bassano, 527 S. 18th St., Paris, Tex. It is postmarked Oklahoma, Okla. on Oct 22, 1907.
Date: unknown
Partner: Private Collection of Joe E. Haynes

[Men in a Cotton Field]

Description: Postcard of a cotton field near Galveston, Texas. There are four African-American men harvesting cotton. There is a horse and buggy with male driver in background, and trees in distance.
Date: April 1, 1907
Partner: Fort Bend Museum

[Wagons of cotton and James Alley]

Description: Postcard showing wagons of cotton and James Alley. Wagon on left has three men sitting on top of cotton. Two men standing in front of second wagon (from left). One man wearing suit and hat, the other dark pants, white shirt, suspenders, tie, and dark hat. BARNES BROS. building in background. Addressed to Mr. R.E. Duncan, Eagle Baker, Texas from Effie.
Date: May 14, 1912
Partner: Fort Bend Museum
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