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Image ID

1649808


Item data

Title

Picking cotton

Collection

Stereograph collection
United States
Labor - Cotton Industry

Date / Origin

Date Issued: 1870 (Approximate)

Library Location

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division

Subjects

Child labor -- United States
African Americans
Cotton industry
Cotton Pickers -- United States
Cotton plantations -- Southern States

Genres

Photographs

Notes

Citation/Reference: VDP 36660

Physical Description

Stereographs
Extent: photographic prints; 3 x 6 in. or larger on 3.5 x 7 in. mount

Languages

English

Identifiers

Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 65822f80-c5ec-012f-4af5-58d385a7bc34

Rights

The copyright and related rights status of this item has been reviewed by The New York Public Library, but we were unable to make a conclusive determination as to the copyright status of the item. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use.

Type Of Resource

Still Image
Text

Date Issued

1870

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MLA format

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division, The New York Public Library. "Picking cotton" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1870. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/65822f80-c5ec-012f-4af5-58d385a7bc34

APA format

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division, The New York Public Library. (1870). Picking cotton Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/65822f80-c5ec-012f-4af5-58d385a7bc34

Chicago/Turabian Format

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division, The New York Public Library. "Picking cotton" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 18, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/65822f80-c5ec-012f-4af5-58d385a7bc34

Wikipedia citation

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