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Arkansas State Archives

Cotton industry

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Newspaper Clipping, Freighting Cotton In The Early Days Aug 2020

Newspaper Clipping, Freighting Cotton In The Early Days

Farming in Arkansas

As part of a special interest column, the Mammoth Spring Democrat often ran old photos. This article depicts horse and mule drawn wagons hauling five cotton bales each from a farm in Camp, Arkansas to a cotton gin in Mammoth Spring for processing.


Raw Cotton To A Cotton Gin Aug 2020

Raw Cotton To A Cotton Gin

Farming in Arkansas

This is a black and white photograph of horse or mule drawn carts carrying raw cotton to a cotton gin for processing.


Cotton Gin Aug 2020

Cotton Gin

Farming in Arkansas

Black and white photograph of three unidentified men standing in a cotton gin with bales of cotton. This gin was opened by John Michaels in the early 1920s and operated successfully until it burned in 1941.


Brochure, "Roldo Rowden Cotton Seed" Aug 2020

Brochure, "Roldo Rowden Cotton Seed"

Farming in Arkansas

This is an advertising brochure for Roldo Rowden cotton seed bred by Robert L. Dortch of Scott.


Cotton At Sunset Aug 2020

Cotton At Sunset

Farming in Arkansas

Full cotton bolls at sunset in Arkansas.


Winter Moon Over Cotton Field Dec 1986

Winter Moon Over Cotton Field

Farming in Arkansas

Image of a full moon over an old church and a cotton field during winter.


Cotton Harvest Dec 1983

Cotton Harvest

Farming in Arkansas

Color photograph of a cotton farmer clearing the harvesting equipment of the gathered raw cotton.


Red House And Cotton Dec 1983

Red House And Cotton

Farming in Arkansas

Color photograph of nearly ready to harvest cotton fields surrounding an unidentified red farm house.


Cotton Gin Near Natural Steps Dec 1941

Cotton Gin Near Natural Steps

Farming in Arkansas

This is a black and white photograph of a cotton gin near Natural Steps in Pulaski County.


Hulling Cottonseed, Cottonseed Oil Mill In Rose City Dec 1941

Hulling Cottonseed, Cottonseed Oil Mill In Rose City

Farming in Arkansas

This is a black and white photograph of an unidentified African American man running a brush over a tray of seed to hull the cottonseeds in the Rose City Cotton Oil Mill.


Cotton Field At Lake Dick Dec 1941

Cotton Field At Lake Dick

Farming in Arkansas

This is a black and white photograph of an unidentified man working with a cultivator in a cotton field at the Lake Dick Farm Security Administration Project.


Maps - "Corn, Cotton, And Rice In Arkansas" Dec 1930

Maps - "Corn, Cotton, And Rice In Arkansas"

Farming in Arkansas

This is a page of three small maps of Arkansas showing where corn, cotton, and rice were being grown in the state in 1930.