Cotton Scene at the Railyards in Houston, Texas. Pre-1907 | ||
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Posted 9 years ago
SpiritBear
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This is a pre March 1, 1907, postcard as the backside is 'for address only'.
Cotton loading, I guess, for shipment in Houston, Texas.
Put out by Purdy's Bookstore, which has 1905 and 1907 references in Houston, and 1909 and 1910 references in Galveston, Texas.
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Interesting post card, Spirit. Life. Life goes on. [;>)
Yep. My college's website is 100% down, so that killed my homework. I then decided to begin posting. LOL.
The plantation South held 70-75 % of the wealth of the U.S. at the beginning of the War of Northern Aggression. That cotton is probably making it's last stop in the child labour textile mills of the UK as usual !
We had child-labour in factories till at least the 1920s here in America.
Yeah. That was in the North where "slavery" was still legal for an extra 50-60 yrs. !
It was nation-wide and expected.
I'm not a supporter of child labour, but it was natural then. The children were viable workers. They could fit themselves in shafts and machines. They could put their hands in places those of adults could not. Their smaller fingers worked better than larger adult fingers in many things. And, they didn't have to get paid the same.
It had been going on before America became a country.