Old man weighing a bag of cotton.

The scale is hanging on the side of a trailer, which is parked at the field of Mrs. Minnie B. Guice near Mount Meigs in Montgomery County, Alabama; Mrs. Guice is standing beside the scale, making notes in a book. The photograph was shot from above. It was taken for one of two photo spreads that appe...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Peppler, Jim
Format: Electronic
Published: Alabama Department of Archives and History
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Online Access:http://cdm17217.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/peppler/id/10672
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Summary:The scale is hanging on the side of a trailer, which is parked at the field of Mrs. Minnie B. Guice near Mount Meigs in Montgomery County, Alabama; Mrs. Guice is standing beside the scale, making notes in a book. The photograph was shot from above. It was taken for one of two photo spreads that appeared in The Southern Courier for September 10-11, 1966 ("Cotton Fields Part One"), and September 17-18, 1966 ("Cotton Fields Part Two"). Both issues are available online (not on the ADAH website): http://www.southerncourier.org/low-res/Vol2_No37_1966_09_10.pdf and http://www.southerncourier.org/low-res/Vol2_No38_1966_09_17.pdf