“COTTON PICKING TIME-- In the fall, cotton picking engages the coastal plain section of North Carolina. Travelers along Rt. 1 in Wake County get a continuous glimpse of the Old South in work.”

Source: Image and caption from "Cotton Picking Time," postcard NC 5 in Variety Vacation Land, Raleigh, N.C.: Department of Conservation and Development, [1939]. North Carolina Collection, Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. VCp917 N87c.