Cotton machines
Steam-powered gin house. Physical Description: 4x5 negative Publisher: Unknown
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Cotton Machine
Mule-powered cotton producing syndicate machine. Physical Description: 4x5 negative Publisher: Unknown
Cotton machines
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
This wagon with cotton and machinery in the back was probably a traveling ginnery. Physical Description: Print in Tompkins collection 4x5 negative Publisher: Unknown
Charlotte Oil and Fertilizer Company
The Charlotte Oil and Fertilizer Company was a modern-steam-operated ginnery located in the Atherton Mill area on what is now South Boulevard. The ginnery processed seventy-five bales of cotton a day. Physical Description: Original from Tompkins papers.4x5 negative Publisher: Unknown
Cotton machinery
Roller compress creating bales of cotton. Physical Description: Original from Tompkins Papers Collection.4x5 negative Publisher: Unknown
Cotton Machinery
Cotton being placed on round bales and roller compressor. Physical Description: Original from Tompkins collection 4x5 negative Publisher: Unknown
Cotton machinery on a plantation
Cotton ginnery and screw press on a plantation. Physical Description: 4x5 negative Publisher: Unknown
Cotton Machinery
Interior shot of a cotton ginnery. Physical Description: Publisher: Unknown
Cotton machinery
Mules powered machinery in an antebellum gin house. Physical Description: 4x5 negative Publisher: Unknown