Worker at Cotton Compress Houston Texas October 1939

A worker at a cotton compress in Houston, Texas, takes a drink from a bucket in October 1939. This image is part of the FSA/OWI Collection and documents the labor conditions faced by workers in the cotton industry during that time. Houston played a significant role in the cotton trade, which was vital to the Texas economy.

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