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Two people hanging a bag of cotton on a scale.

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@ Alabama Dept. of Archives and History, 624 Washington Ave., Montgomery, AL 36130

Peppler, Jim

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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. 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
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Image
Format:
4000 Ppi Tiff
Created Date:
1966 September
Rights:
Copyright, Alabama Department of Archives and History.
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Jim Peppler Southern Courier Photograph Collection

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Alabama Dept. of Archives and History, 624 Washington Ave., Montgomery, AL 36130