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Cotton picking in Georgia – Antique Wall Art

Cotton picking in Georgia, c1907. — historic photograph
Cotton picking in Georgia, c1907.. Historic photograph from the Historic Print Archive collection.

(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

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Cotton picking in Georgia

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Hand-picking cotton was the defining labor of Georgia's fields in the early twentieth century, and this c1907 view shows it at the level of the row. Cotton was the state's dominant cash crop, and workers moved down the rows filling sacks that were often dragged behind them. The photograph carries a copyright notice in the name of Marcus L. Brown of Decatur, Georgia, a sign that regional photographers made scenes like this for wide circulation. The date and details come from an old caption card and have not been independently verified, so the image is best read as a document of its period.

Created / publishedc1907.
Medium1 photographic print.
NotesPhoto copyrighted by Marcus L. Brown, Decatur, Ga. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Shelf.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 1,237 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-122280

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