Farmers with baled cotton, at Exporters & Traders Compress

Creator

Preview

Identifier

20141413

Description

Hillsboro and Hill County celebrate its first 100,000-bale cotton crop since 1931. Farmers with baled cotton, line up at Exporters & Traders Compress, to get warehouse receipts needed for government parity loans. Shown beside the building are trucks carrying baled cotton, and a group of five men sitting on the ground.

Archival Date

1953-10

Collection Name

Fort Worth Star-Telegram Collection

Collection Number

AR406-6-1026

Original Format

Negatives, Black & White

File Format

JPG

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License

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Subjects

Cotton; Cotton industry; Farmers