Bailing Cotton Arkansas Photo
- ca 1920s
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9 x 7 inches ~ (22 x 17 cm)$145
- Gelatin Silver Print mounted on card
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African American workersÂ
Cotton fiber, or lint, consists of the seed hairs of the cotton plant (Gossypium sp. Malvaceae). The southern states of the United States produce more than half of the cotton in the world.
After cotton is picked from the plants, the fibers must be separated from the seeds. This is done by a cotton gin. The name "cotton gin" is applied not only to the machines which separate the fibers from the seeds, but also to the large buildings which contain the ginning machines and the presses where the cotton is made into bales.
Please note wear to the edges of the card and back of the card seen in second photo.
