Cotton Bales

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Cotton bales are stacked and ready to be placed into storage in the warehouses on Thomas Street, behind the Franklin House, in Athens circa 1915.

Courtesy of Georgia Archives, Vanishing Georgia, # clr012.

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Cotton Bales

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