memphis
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Building a ‘new society’
After his parents died, he wandered. Picked cotton. Harvested wheat. Mined coal. Lived in a cooperative community. Drafted during the Great War, he never fought. Learned instead to play the bugle. Continue reading
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‘A machine that actually picks cotton’
Mack (pictured) and John Rust demonstrated the latest prototype of their Memphis-made cotton picker at the Delta experimental station in Stoneville, Miss., on Aug. 31, 1936. The test, which drew widespread news coverage, was filmed. Continue reading