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Source Collection
Memphis Press-Scimitar newspaper morgue, Special Collections Department, University of Memphis Libraries
Identifier
sc.0475.09395_01.009
Description
Choppers weeding and thinning plants in a cotton fields just outside of Memphis. Even in the 1970s, this task was best performed by hand. Workers were bused in and worked from 6:00 am to 1:00 pm with no lunch break and received $2.30 a day.
Date Created
6-24-2021
Date
1977
Recommended Citation
"Cotton choppers, 1977" (2021). Industry. 10.
https://digitalcommons.memphis.edu/speccoll-mss-mpressscimitar8/10
Keywords
Cotton industry--Tennessee--Memphis
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