Roger Dobbins contributed this picture of trucks hauling cotton to market.
I remember picking cotton. Trust me that it would have taken a lot of people to pick this much cotton!
Perhaps someone who knows about the harvesting of cotton can tell us more about the age of these trucks and where they may be headed.
Has the cotton been sold already? It almost looks like a parade of cotton trucks.
Barbara, It does make for a great photo! It really does appear to be a parade of cotton trucks!
Barbara, that is pretty amazing and represent a heck of a lot of dungarees or Q-tips :)
Tony and Darcy, thanks.
Charles, you are right about that.
Mary, Roger says he thinks it was in Searcy but isn't sure. It could be from another area but the picture is surely part of our history. You are saying that the cotton has been "baled" which means it had already gone to the cotton gin? I was so poor my only experience with cotton was going to the field and picking enough to go to the 15 cent movie on Saturday afternoon.
Tony and Darcy, thanks.
Charles, you are right about that.
Mary, Roger says he thinks it was in Searcy but isn't sure. It could be from another area but the picture is surely part of our history. You are saying that the cotton has been "baled" which means it had already gone to the cotton gin? I was so poor my only experience with cotton was going to the field and picking enough to go to the 15 cent movie on Saturday afternoon.
That is really a classic photo. It reminds me of those old movies on cotton picking.
Looks like 'Places in the Heart' with Sally Fields! That is the movie that comes to mind!
Barbara, this is sure different from some of the huge modern trucks I saw 20 years ago in southern Alabama that were connected to the cotton harvest. Enjoyed reading the comments and learning more.
Mary, you know more than I do. Those trucks must have barely been running!
Michael, the pictures were dramatic for sure.
Sharon and Bruce, this picture was probably much further back than 20 years ago. I'm surprised someone hasn't said what the trucks's ages might be.
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