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Cotton compress yard with stacked bales, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, circa 1908

Subjects
Agriculture & FarmsWarehousesWorkers & Occupations
Card type
Printed photo
Date
Postmarked April 30, 1909 (Golden Age)
Front of Cotton compress yard with stacked bales, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, circa 1908, Charlotte Sellers Harcett, MA, USA, 1909 printed photo postcard
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Back of Cotton compress yard with stacked bales, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, circa 1908, Charlotte Sellers Harcett, MA, USA, 1909 printed photo postcard
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About this postcard

A vast open yard is filled with long, orderly rows of cotton bales stacked several high, with the long shed and smokestacks of a cotton compress company rising behind them and low hills on the horizon. The card names the site as the Cotton Compress Co. of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, part of the cotton-handling and compressing industry that gathered the region's crop into dense bales for shipment by rail. Such yards were common in early twentieth-century Oklahoma, where cotton was a leading cash crop.

Postcard Details

Message · English, in pen

Each one of these bales of cotton will from $50.00 to $55.00 each. On 2000 [illegible] bales in sight

Cotton Compress Co. Oklahoma City, Okla. --- POST CARD THIS SPACE MAY BE USED FOR CORRESPONDENCE FOR ADDRESS ONLY
PostmarkedOklahoma City, OK, April 30, 1909, 13:00
Stamp
Addressed to
Charlotte Sellers Harcett

Amesbury, MA

Postcard record

Postmarked, Oklahoma City, OK
ConditionGood
Place addressedCharlotte Sellers Harcett, Amesbury, MA
Stamp1c Benjamin Franklin, green, perforated on all sides
NotesVisible halftone screen; thin white border; faint circular stamped impression (appears to read "Oklahoma City") in the sky; light edge and corner wear. Postmark: OKLAHOMA APR 30 1-PM 1909 OKLA. Divided-back card with green printed "POST CARD" heading and flag design; pencil message; light soiling and edge wear.

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Cotton compress yard with stacked bales, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, circa 1908, postcard, n.d.. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/cotton-compress-yard-with-stacked-bales-oklahoma-city-oklaho. Accessed October 24, 2026.