Cotton

Cotton yard with wagons loaded with bales of cotton

African American men seen pulling horse drawn wagons loaded with bales of cotton

View of cotton bales stacked on rail cars

Man writing on the board of the cotton exchange

Man standing in the middle of a cotton field

Group portrait of five men with a large bale of cotton in front of Texas Bank and Trust Co. on August 3, 1931. The man at right is possibly Fred E. Perry, cotton broker, and the man at center is possibly E. Ramirez, who sold the first bale of cotton of 1931 for $50.

Group of people including children gathered in a cotton field. Two men are on a horse and trees are visible in the background.

Bales of cotton stacked outside a cotton gin factory

Group of men picking cotton in a field east of Austin, undated. They stand in front of and on a wagon with large wheel and carry large sacks full of cotton. They wear overalls and wide-brimmed straw hats.

View of cotton gin in the Austin area