Charles Johnson Faulk Archival Collection

 

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Description

Mechanical picker: One of the several types of mechanical cotton pickers which are reducing the number of man-hours required to raise the crop. Tiny spindles on the nose of the apparatus grab the lint and pull it into the stovepipe-like conveyor which blows it then into the hopper.

Subjects

Cotton

Date

1946

Geographic Location

Mississippi

Object Type

stillimage

Format (Original)

photograph; b&w: 14.1 X 21.6 cm.

Format (Digital)

JPG

Digital ID

514_B31_F19_04

Physical ID

514_B31_F19_04

Related Materials

CHARM

Source

Mississippi State University Libraries, Special Collections Department, Manuscripts Division, Faulk (Charles Johnson) papers, Box 31, Folder 19

Digital Publisher

Mississippi State University Libraries (electronic version)

Rights

Copyright protected by Mississippi State University Libraries. Use of materials from this collection beyond the exceptions provided for in the Fair Use and Educational Use clauses of the U.S. Copyright Law may violate federal law. Permission to publish or reproduce is required.

Contact Information

For more information about the contents of this collection, email sp_coll@library.msstate.edu.

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