"First photograph ever taken of the first cotton picking machine."

An African American man sits on the machine and two other men, presumably owners or inventors, stand beside it. Lucy Bell Railey took the photograph in a cotton field near Selma, Alabama.

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Published: Alabama Department of Archives and History
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Online Access:http://cdm17217.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/photo/id/3187
format Electronic
collection Alabama Photographs and Pictures Collection
building Alabama Department of Archives and History
publisher Alabama Department of Archives and History
topic Alabama Photographs and Pictures
spellingShingle Alabama Photographs and Pictures
"First photograph ever taken of the first cotton picking machine."
fulltopic Alabama Photographs and Pictures
African Americans--Employment; Agricultural equipment; Agriculture; Agricultural laborers; Cotton; Cotton plantations; Croplands; Farmers; Farming; Farms; Selma (Ala.); Dallas County (Ala.)
description An African American man sits on the machine and two other men, presumably owners or inventors, stand beside it. Lucy Bell Railey took the photograph in a cotton field near Selma, Alabama.
spelling Q0000005437Q5437"First photograph ever taken of the first cotton picking machine."An African American man sits on the machine and two other men, presumably owners or inventors, stand beside it. Lucy Bell Railey took the photograph in a cotton field near Selma, Alabama.19081900-1909African Americans--Employment; Agricultural equipment; Agriculture; Agricultural laborers; Cotton; Cotton plantations; Croplands; Farmers; Farming; Farms; Selma (Ala.); Dallas County (Ala.)Still imagePhotographs; Group portraitsAlabama. Department of Archives and HistoryAlabama Department of Archives and History photographs collection - Subjects vertical fileBox 1v3358Alabama Department of Archives and History, 624 Washington Avenue, Montgomery, Alabama 36130EnglishThis material may be protected under U. S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S. Code) which governs the making of photocopies or reproductions of copyrighted materials. You may use the digitized material for private study, scholarship, or research. Though ADAH has physical ownership of the material in its collections, in some cases we may not own the copyright to the material. It is the patron's obligation to determine and satisfy copyright restrictions when publishing or otherwise distributing materials found in our collections.600 PPI TIFFVF001440http://cdm17217.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/photo/id/3187
title "First photograph ever taken of the first cotton picking machine."
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