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Picking Cotton

Subjects
African American HistoryAgriculture & FarmsWorkers & Occupations
Card type
Lithograph
Date
c. 1930 (White Border)
Front of Picking Cotton, Walter Bell, OK, USA, c. 1930 lithograph postcard
Front
Back of Picking Cotton, Walter Bell, OK, USA, c. 1930 lithograph postcard
Back

About this subject

A large group of workers, including men, women, and children, picking cotton in a field; some carry baskets, a horse-drawn wagon is loaded with cotton, and a sunset sky is in the background.

Postcard Details

Message · English, in pen

I am keeping house also it is so much bother & the KC Mo I did not want to make you home sick by sending a KC card so made it mention Oklahoma life Best regards to Ma as well as yourself Yours C.N.H.

PublisherIllustrated Postal Card Co.
“Picking Cotton”. --- POST CARD This Side for Correspondence This Side for Address Only. Illustrated Postal Card Co. New-York Made in Germany 78-17
PostmarkedKansas City, MO, October 31, 1908, 20:30
Stamp
Addressed to
Walter Bell

S.N. H Co, Sperio, Okla

Postcard record

Postmarked, Kansas City, MO
ConditionGood
Place addressedWalter Bell, Sperio, OK
PublisherNew York, NY
Stamp1c Benjamin Franklin, green, issued 1930
NotesFull-bleed image; faint diagonal crease/scratch at upper left. Postmark: KANSAS CITY MO OCT 31 8-30P 1908. Divided-back card printed in Germany (Illustrated Postal Card Co., New York); light foxing/soiling, edge and corner wear, album residue at corners.

Cite this card

Picking Cotton, postcard, c. 1930. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/picking-cotton. Accessed October 5, 2026.