When Cotton Was King T-Shirt

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This image is a colorized version of a 1919 black-and-white photo of the Gaffney, South Carolina cotton market taken by photographer June H. Carr. On October 16, the day of the market, 600 bales of cotton were sold at 43 cents per pound. The foreground street is Granard Street between Frederick and Robinson Streets. The picturesque old Southern Railway Depot on the right no longer stands. Also gone are the old Limestone and Gaffney Manufacturing cotton mill buildings seen in the distance. The steps on the left lead from the old post office building which was restored to house the Gaffney Visitors Center and Art Gallery.

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Rodger Painter is a national award winning photojournalist whose photography has appeared in newspapers, magazines and books. He has worked as a reporter, feature writer, photographer and editor in newspaper. His work earned more than a dozen awards in news and feature writing and photography in competitions sponsored by the South Carolina Press Association, the National Newspaper Association and the National Newspaper Editorial Workshop. He twice won the coveted Edward Steichen Memorial Award for Excellence in Newspaper Photography. He has worked for as a cameraman in the motion picture industry on more than three dozen feature films and numerous TV commercials, TV movies and documentaries. His work has taken him from coast to coast...