Cars Loaded with Cotton Bales on Levee, near Cotton Growing District, Texas, circa 1920

THF317486 / Cars Loaded with Cotton Bales on Levee, near Cotton Growing District, Texas, circa 1920
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Artifact Overview

Artifact Details

Artifact

Stereograph

Date Made

circa 1920

Location

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

98.95.9.33

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford.

Material

Paper (Fiber product)
Card stock

Technique

Gelatin silver process

Color

Black-and-white (Colors)

Dimensions

Height: 3.375 in
Width: 7 in

Inscriptions

front: Keystone View Company / Copyrighted, Underwood & Underwood / Manufacturers MADE IN U.S.A. Publishers / P215 / P-V22091 Cars Loaded with Cotton Bales on Levee / Near Cotton Growing District, Texas right, side: Meadville, Pa., New York, N.Y. / Chicago, Ill., London, England
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