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A familiar sight on a cotton plantation.

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1232484


Item data

Title

A familiar sight on a cotton plantation.

Collection

The story of cotton and the development of the cotton states

Names

Brooks, Eugene C. (Eugene Clyde), 1871-1947 (Author)
Detroit Publishing Co. (Lender)

Date / Origin

Date Issued: 1911
Place: Chicago
Publisher: Rand, McNally

Library Location

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Jean Blackwell Hutson Research and Reference Division
Shelf locator: Sc 338.1-B (Brooks, E. C. Story of cotton)

Subjects

Cotton industry -- Southern States
Children
African Americans
Cotton plantations
Mothers

Genres

Photographs

Identifiers

RLIN/OCLC: NYPGR2082921-B
NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b11664211
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 85c44d80-c627-012f-6419-58d385a7bc34

Rights

The New York Public Library believes that this item is in the public domain under the laws of the United States, but did not make a determination as to its copyright status under the copyright laws of other countries. This item may not be in the public domain under the laws of other countries. Though not required, if you want to credit us as the source, please use the following statement, "From The New York Public Library," and provide a link back to the item on our Digital Collections site. Doing so helps us track how our collection is used and helps justify freely releasing even more content in the future.

Type Of Resource

Still Image

Date Issued

1911

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MLA format

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Jean Blackwell Hutson Research and Reference Division, The New York Public Library. "A familiar sight on a cotton plantation." The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1911. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/85c44d80-c627-012f-6419-58d385a7bc34

APA format

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Jean Blackwell Hutson Research and Reference Division, The New York Public Library. (1911). A familiar sight on a cotton plantation. Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/85c44d80-c627-012f-6419-58d385a7bc34

Chicago/Turabian Format

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Jean Blackwell Hutson Research and Reference Division, The New York Public Library. "A familiar sight on a cotton plantation." New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 7, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/85c44d80-c627-012f-6419-58d385a7bc34

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