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Boarders on the Porch of the Taylor Boarding House

Description: Exterior of the Taylor House, a boarding house, with 25 boarders standing and seated. Those identified are Kate McManners and Iola McManners. Handwritten on back notes that Kate McManners is later Mrs. E.M. Luck of 323 Pearl St. (4th from left), and her sister Iola McManners is later V. H. Mills who ran the cafeteria at Lee School and now lives in Comanche, Texas (5th from left). W. A. Cogdell, first row, second from the right, was a student at North Texas Normal School. J. J. Handley, top row,… more
Date: unknown
Partner: Denton Public Library

B. F. Taylor and Sons Gin

Description: The exterior of B. F. Taylor and Sons Gin with gin, bales of cotton, and a horse drawn wagon in front of the building. Several men are in the picture on the left side and Ben L. Taylor is identified as third from the right.
Date: unknown
Partner: Denton Public Library

[Exterior of the First Gin at Oplin]

Description: Photograph of the exterior of the first cotton gin in Oplin, Texas. The dark colored building has a shelter attached to it. There are several men standing on the loading dock of the building. Several chimneys are visible above the building.
Date: unknown
Partner: McMurry University Library

[Hawley Cotton Gin]

Description: Photograph of the Hawley Cotton Gin while cotton from a horse and wagon is being unloaded and several workers are posing in front of the building. The men are wearing dress shirts with hats and some of them have on suspenders.
Date: unknown
Partner: McMurry University Library

[Hawley Gin Crew]

Description: Photograph of six members of the Hawley Cotton Gin crew standing in front of the gin building. The men have on business casual clothing with hats and some of them are wearing suspenders.
Date: unknown
Partner: McMurry University Library

Improvement in Cotton-Gin Flues

Description: Patent for a new and improved cotton ginning appartatus using a set a valves to throw lint-cotton into different rooms without stopping the gin (line 2), including illustration.
Date: August 13, 1872
Creator: Gaines, James W.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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[News Clip: Cotton burs]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV television station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about cotton burs being used as fertilizer.
Date: April 26, 1961
Duration: 1 minute 29 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Cotton Gin]

Description: Photograph of a cotton gin near Austin. In front of the cotton gin are men with horse drawn carts full of cotton. There is another man standing near a cotton bale in the foreground.
Date: unknown
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

Austin Cotton Gin

Description: Austin Cotton Gin was owned by W. T. Caswell and was located on the west side of Chicon St. Horse-drawn wagons with bales of cotton. Workers pose for photograph. Hand-crank loading cranes on platform.
Date: 1900~
Creator: Caswell, W. T.
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

Austin Cotton Gin

Description: Austin Cotton Gin was owned by W. T. Caswell and was located on the west side of Chicon St. Horse-drawn wagons full of cotton. Workers pose for photograph.
Date: 1900~
Creator: Caswell, W. T.
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

Cotton year in Killeen, Texas

Description: Photograph, taken 1905 or 1906, depicts cotton loaded on a railroad car. A group of men stand atop the bales and alongside on a platform; men sit in two horse-drawn drays next to the pile of bales. The caption for the photograph reads: Loading bales of cotton on flat cars at Santa Fe Station in a bumper cotton year. Two-wheeled drays (left) hauled bales from cotton yard located in the 400 block of Avenue D.
Date: 1905~/1906~
Partner: Killeen City Library System

[Isaacson Cotton Gin Company, El Campo, Texas]

Description: Black and white photograph of a building known as the Isaacson Gin Company, where cotton is processed. The building is made of wood and has several different sections to it. The yard just outside the company is teeming with horse-drawn or animal-drawn wagons. Each wagon is filled with cotton; some of them are covered with a tarp. In the distance, several houses are visible, as are dirt roads that lead to and from the company yard.
Date: September 16, 1916
Creator: El Campo Studio Photo
Partner: Danish Heritage Preservation Society

Old Danevang Farmers Coop Picture

Description: Photograph a cotton gin next to the Danevang Farmers Cooperative building in Danevang, Texas. Accompanying information states this was the first cotton gin built on the property. A cluster of buildings in the center is surrounded by different types of agricultural implements and machines. Behind the main Cooperative building on the right, a water tower is visible. The photograph was taken from a distance, capturing rows of cotton crops running diagonally to the main buildings.
Date: 1927
Partner: Danish Heritage Preservation Society

[Dump Trucks Parked Outside of a Lummus Mill]

Description: Black and white negative of a group of dump trucks parked outside of a two-story Lummus cotton mill. Most of the trucks have trailers filled with cotton. A oval sign emblazoned with the name "LUMMUS" is affixed to a small, elevated shed that is attached to the larger part of the cotton mill. A man who is wearing a hat is visible in the bottom left corner.
Date: unknown
Partner: Danish Heritage Preservation Society

Cotton Gin

Description: Copy print postcard of a cotton processing plant in Danevang, Texas. The property has a broad expanse of territory. The main buildings seem to be concentrated on the right, and additional farming equipment and tools are to the left, which also include carriages and cotton bales. Hand-written text on the back of the postcard was photocopied. Most of the text cannot be read with certainty.
Date: unknown
Partner: Danish Heritage Preservation Society
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