An 1868 advertisement from the Albany Cotton Gin Manufacturing Company for the Star Cotton Gin and Condenser.

This advertisement promotes cotton gin equipment for sale by the Albany Cotton Gin Manufacturing Company located in Albany, New York. It is part of a larger circular from the company advertising other agricultural equipment. Text persuading the reader of the product’s merits underscores some of the health risks people had come to associate with cotton ginning.

Citation Information
Albany Cotton Gin Manufacturing Company, excerpt from “Circular for 1868,” Digital Public Library of America, https://dp.la/item/818f62f6b9cb0b9c2f5f93d6490b50cf.
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