AUGUST 28, 2019

TO STEVE RAMOS

Hey, Steve,

I got an email that might interest you.
Here it is.

Tom



Hi Tom,

My name is Jennifer & I’m an academic researching the history of Pima Cotton. I found your photo of the seed bag online and am interested in reproducing it (really, the part of it focused on the bag) in an upcoming book.
So, I have 2 questions: (1) Would you be able to take a photo focusing on the bag? And (2) Could I reproduce it giving you credit for the photo?
Thank you,

Jennifer
 
Jennifer Bess
Assistant Professor, Goucher College

Picture of Pima Cotton Sack from Doodads.jpg

Jennifer,

Yeah, sure.

Here are a couple of images of the cotton sack alone. If you need a better picture, I would be glad to try again.

I worked in the cotton fields in 1971 and 72 with a crew. Our job was to pull the short staple cotton plants out of the long staple cotton fields so the seed would be pure. Ruthless culling.

In April of this year, I played a jazz gig at a place, and one of the guys from the job came by and gave me the cotton bag.

If you only saw my Doodads page, you might want to see my “Cotton Fields” page, which tells about the job. It likely won’t give you anything especially useful for an academic study, but it should be of interest to you as you are researching Pima Cotton.

In case you didn’t see the page, here it is…
http://www.tomhascallcole.com/cotton%20fields.html

I will send a copy of this correspondence to my friend from the cotton fields. He worked there a long time and I think he he might be something of an historian himself on those cotton plants; after all, it’s been 48 years and he still has enough inventory of bags to give me one as a tip. If he has any similar doodads, or something else of interest, he may want to email you.

Yours,

Tom