LSE4328524 When the cotton is harvested, the women pick the cotton balls that they collect from wicker baskets, then, when they are filled, they pour them at the feet of the men, who beat the cotton with long sticks, in order to unleash it from all the useless dirt. Engraving to illustrate the story Quatre mois en Florida, by M. Pousselgue, in 1851-1852, published in ??????le tour du monde?????? under the direction of D\'Edouard Charton, Hachette, Paris 1869.Selva Collection. by Unknown Artist, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: When the cotton is harvested, the women pick the cotton balls that they collect from wicker baskets, then, when they are filled, they pour them at the feet of the men, who beat the cotton with long sticks, in order to unleash it from all the useless dirt. Engraving to illustrate the story Quatre mois en Florida, by M. Pousselgue, in 1851-1852, published in ??????le tour du monde?????? under the direction of D\'Edouard Charton, Hachette, Paris 1869.Selva Collection.); Photo by Leonard de Selva.