*Cotton boats on the Ganges, c.1788-1800: a watercolor by James Tillyer Blunt* (BL); [*Blunt, c.1788*]

"Methods of Conveying Cotton in India to the Ports of Shipment," from the Illustrated London News, 1861
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Under an implausibly huge banyan tree, a cotton convoy heading for the Ganges (Illustrated London News, 1862)
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"Weighing cotton at Bombay for the English market," from the Illustrated London News, 1862
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*Another view of the cotton yards, from the Illustrated London News, 1862*
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"Press for packing Indian cotton," from the Illustrated London News, 1864
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"Khangaon cotton market, West Berar, India," from the Illustrated London News, 1870
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"The Cotton Yards, Bombay," a wood engraving, 1884
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*"Cotton Wharf," Bombay; a photo from the collection of John MacQuarie Antill, late 1800's*
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"Coolies carrying baskets of cotton from huge dump to the mills; Indore, the cotton district of India," a stereoscopic view, c.1900; also *"Weighing bales of cotton, Bombay," 1908*
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*"A cotton cart," a postcard photo by Thacker & Co., Bombay, c.1910s?*
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