Weekly Consignment of Cotton from J. L. Smith's Plantation, Cleveland, Mississippi

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Description

A black and white photograph of a line of wagons loaded down with bales of cotton on a dirt street in front of a line of stores is featured on this postcard. Men and children are pictured as seated or standing on top of the cotton bales. And a sign for Smith's store is visible on the side of one of the buildings. The title of the card is printed along the bottom edge of the card.

Subjects

Postcards; Cotton; Cotton industry

Keywords

cotton; Mississippi Delta

Geographic Location

Cleveland (Miss.)

Object Type

image

Format (original)

postcard

Format (digital)

PDF

Digital ID

MFM_MSS_837_postcard-J.L.-Smith's-Plantation-cotton_001

Source

Mississippi State University Libraries, Archives and Special Collections, Manuscripts Unit, Lucius Marion Lampton, MD Historical Images Collection, Mississippiana Collection, Postcard/Photographs, Box 5, Mississippi Delta Region

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

Weekly Consignment of Cotton from J. L. Smith's Plantation, Cleveland, Mississippi, Lucius Marion Lampton, MD Historical Images Collection, Special Collections Department, Mississippi State University