Title

Loading cotton for export, Houston, Texas, USA, 1939. Artist: Unknown

Caption

Loading cotton for export, Houston, Texas, USA, 1939. Vintage postcard showing a ship being loaded with bales of cotton at a Houston dock.
Curt Teich Postcard Archives

Date

Nov 30, 1999

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/Curt Teich Postcard Archives

Reference

HRM19D83_350

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

40,0Mb (3,6Mb) / 15,7in x 9,9in / 4710 x 2966 (300dpi)

Keywords

transport transportation water people male working work job man men industry worker country trolley harbour trade guy port ship ships occupation color colour Houston Texas waterfront wharf docks dock shipping loading quay quayside location century profession export thirties bale concept cotton freighter United States of America United States docker shipping Industry water transport 1930s 20th century longshoreman workers American America USA dock worker TGN dockers postcard Curt Teich Postcard Archives Unknown quai stevedore postcard