Cotton Gin Office, Shaw, Mississippi

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Description

This black and white photograph is of two men and one woman in a cotton gin office in Shaw, Mississippi. The men standing among piles of cotton and the woman is seated on the right. The man on the left is holding some cotton. The man in the middle is A. P. “Lat” Latimer, a cotton broker from Shaw. Latimer died in 1975 at the age of 89. This was his photograph and dates to the 1930s-1940s. Other individuals are unidentified. Dimensions are 7.5 inches by 9 one/eighth inches. The photograph is mounted on a light colored board that has some discoloration on it.

Publication Date

1940

Time Period

1940-1949

Subjects

Cotton; Cotton gins and ginning

Keywords

Cotton; Cotton gin

Geographic Location

Shaw, (Miss.)

Object Type

image

Format (original)

photograph: b&W

Format (digital)

PDF

Digital ID

MFM_MSS_837_Photograph-Cotton-Gin_001

Source

Mississippi State University Libraries, Manuscripts Archives and Special Collections Division, Manuscripts Unit, Lucius Marion Lampton, MD Historical Images Collection, Mississippiana Collection

Repository

Manuscripts

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.

Recommended Citation

Cotton Gin Office, Shaw, Mississippi, Lucius Marion Lampton, MD Historical Images Collection, Archives and Special Collections Division, Mississippi State University