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Tompkins Papers

Cotton machinery

Machines like this were used for picking cotton. Physical Description: 4x5 negative Publisher: Unknown

Cotton Machine

Cotton gin house with the cotton screw/press on the right. A typical gin house like this produced three bales of cotton a day. Physical Description: 4x5 negative Publisher: Unknown

Cotton Machinery

Machine used for picking cotton. Physical Description: 4x5 negative Publisher: Unknown

Agricultural workers

Workers going home after a day in the cotton fields. Physical Description: 4x5 negative Publisher: Unknown

Cotton Machinery

Machine reginning cotton in a cotton seed oil machine. Physical Description: 4x5. Negative Publisher: Unknown

Cotton production

Bales of cotton waiting at the compress. Physical Description: 4x5 negative Publisher: Unknown

Cotton Mill

Cotton Mill that manufactured yarn. Physical Description: 4x5 negative Publisher: Unknown

Cotton workers

Cotton pickers waiting to load the wagons. Physical Description: 4x5 negative Publisher: Unknown

Gin House

Plantation cotton gin house Physical Description: 4x5 negative Publisher: Unknown

Farm Workers

Uncle Issac and his wife (name unknown) pose for a picture in front of their cabin. Physical Description: 4x5 negative Publisher: Unknown