T. F. Sellers of King's Mountain, NC, winner of the $200 first prize by producing 5084 pounds of lint cotton on five acres of land

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Title:
T. F. Sellers of King's Mountain, NC, winner of the $200 first prize by producing 5084 pounds of lint cotton on five acres of land
Description:
T. F. Sellers of King's Mountain, North Carolina, winner of the $200 as first prize in Cleveland contest by producing 5,084 pounds of lint cotton on five acres of land, 1930. T. F. Sellers stands in front of bales of cotton holding his trophy
Topics:
Community and Extension
People
Subjects:
Agricultural productivity
Contests
Cotton
Crop yields
Original Format:
Black and white print (photograph)
Extent:
9 x 12 cm
Item identifier:
0050142
Photographer:
Shoffner, R. W. (Robert Worth), 1902-1995 more info on Shoffner, R. W. (Robert Worth), 1902-1995 
Created Date:
circa
Genre:
Portrait photographs
Location:
Cleveland County (N.C.)
Digital Project:
University Archives Photographs
Living Off the Land

Source information

Repository:
Special Collections Research Center at NC State University Libraries
Collection:
University Archives Photograph Collection. Agricultural Extension and Research services (UA023.007) held by Special Collections Research Center at NC State University Libraries
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Rights:
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Funding:
Digitization of this material was made possible, in part, through the support of the North Carolina Farm Bureau, the North Carolina Tobacco Foundation, and the North Carolina Tobacco Research Commission.