Title

Greetings from Augusta, Georgia: A Busy day in the Cotton Field, 1943. Artist: Unknown

Caption

Cultivation of cotton using slaves brought huge profits to the owners of large plantations, making them some of the wealthiest men in the U.S. prior to the Civil War. By the 1850s, slaves made up 50% of the population of the main cotton states: Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, and Louisiana. From a postcard produced by Curt Teich & Co., 1943.
The Print Collector collection

Date

1943

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Reference

HRM19C63_236

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

72,1Mb (4,6Mb) / 20,2in x 13,8in / 6066 x 4152 (300dpi)

Keywords

exterior agriculture busy farming bright day color colour Georgia plantation century concept outside 1940s slavery lettering greeting card cotton field slave Forties capital letter farm hand farm worker 20th century Augusta cultivation USA The Print Collector agricultural worker decade farm labourer greetings card TGN postcard Unknown Co Curt Teich & Co Curt Teich & Curt Teich & Co postcard