My “cotton-picking business” around 1959-1960…

Old seed planter

My “cotton-picking business” around 1959-1960…

Mike Adams

My “cotton-picking business” around 1959-1960…

Andy Boles

My “cotton-picking business” around 1959-1960…

David Costello

My “cotton-picking business” around 1959-1960…

Melvin Tucker

My “cotton-picking business” around 1959-1960…

Don Themer

My “cotton-picking business” around 1959-1960…

Pat Adams

My “cotton-picking business” around 1959-1960…

George Hughes

My “cotton-picking business” around 1959-1960…

Billy Costello

My “cotton-picking business” around 1959-1960…

Weighing cotton bale, 1940s

My “cotton-picking business” around 1959-1960…

Cotton seeds after ginning

My “cotton-picking business” around 1959-1960…

Cotton bale hook

My “cotton-picking business” around 1959-1960…

Woman pulling a partially filled bag to the wagon

My “cotton-picking business” around 1959-1960…

Season’s first.bale cotton,1959

After our water break, the “old lady” with even more cotton in her bag stopped to ask how I was doing with the cotton. I replied that I didn’t seem to be making much progress, so she looked into my bag and laughed and leaned closer and said, “Boy, you ...

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