African-Americans picking cotton on plantation beside the Mississippi, c1883. Plantation house left, workers' cabins to its right. Jetty for loading cotton bales, centre. Paddle Steamer River Agriculture Textile Landscape USA

Mali, Senossa. Two Peul women prepare skeins of cotton yarn from the long lengths they had spun round the walls of their home. Mali is Africa's second largest cotton producer.

Historical illustration from the 19th Century, portrait of Cotton Mather, 1663 _ 1728, a Puritan clergyman and scholar in North America. Historical illustration from the 19th Century, portrait of Cotton Mather, 1663 _ 1728, a Puritan clergyman and scholar in North America

Switzerland, canton St. Gallen, Churfirsten, spring, Commeliniden, cotton grass, Eriophorum, flowers, plants,. Switzerland, canton St. Gallen, Churfirsten, spring, Commeliniden, cotton grass, Eriophorum, flowers, plants,

Cross-section of Elihu Whitney's (1765-1825) saw-gin for cleaning cotton. Seeds can be seen ejected on left, while cotton fibres are passing on right. Wood engraving 1865

Turkey, Aegean Region, Pamukkale, listed as World Heritage by UNESCO, the Cotton Castle, white travertine basins. Turkey, Aegean Region, Pamukkale, listed as World Heritage by UNESCO, the Cotton Castle, white travertine basins

Carrying cotton to market. A young boy balances a large, open-weave basket stuffed full of seed cotton on his head as he transports the load to market to be weighed and sold. Meridi, Sudan, 1947. Meridi, Upper Nile, Sudan, Eastern Africa, Africa.

cotton grass grows in wetlands of the north arm Saglek Bay, Torngat Mountains National Park, Labrador, Canada. cotton grass grows in wetlands of the north arm Saglek Bay, Torngat Mountains National Park, Labrador, Canada

Hiker in a large stand of Arctic cotton Eriophorum callitrix in Denali National Park, Alaska, USA. Hiker in a large stand of Arctic cotton Eriophorum callitrix in Denali National Park, Alaska, USA MORE INFO Arctic cotton cottongrass, cottonsedge is an Arctic plant in the Cyperaceae family This plant is food for migrating snow geese and caribou Model release CT0710

Komado marsh, Eriophorum vaginatum, cotton grass, marsh, stroll road, hiking, Minamiaizu, Fukushima, Tohoku, Japan. Komado marsh, Eriophorum vaginatum, cotton grass, marsh, stroll road, hiking, Minamiaizu, Fukushima, Tohoku, Japan

Unloading cotton bales at Lake Albert. A publicity photograph from the East African Railways and Harbours Administration (EAR&H) showing workers unloading bales of cotton from an EAR&H freight truck onto a wharf at Lake Albert. Western Division, Uganda, circa 1955., West (Uganda), Uganda, Eastern Africa, Africa.

Putting cotton bolls through whipping press before putting it through a saw gin. Slave plantation labour in southern states of America. Woodcut 1860

A large stand of Arctic cotton Eriophorum callitrix in Denali National Park, Alsaka, USA MORE INFO Arctic cotton cottongrass, cottonsedge is an Arctic plant in the Cyperaceae family This plant is food for migrating snow geese and caribou

Turkey, Aegean Region, Pamukkale, listed as World Heritage by UNESCO, the Cotton Castle, white travertine basins. Turkey, Aegean Region, Pamukkale, listed as World Heritage by UNESCO, the Cotton Castle, white travertine basins

Wart treatment at home : woman applying an aerosol on young girl's finger that provides a temperature of -50 degrees Celcius on cotton applicator, that 'freezes' the wart.

Komado marsh, Eriophorum vaginatum, cotton grass, marsh, stroll road, hiking, Minamiaizu, Fukushima, Tohoku, Japan. Komado marsh, Eriophorum vaginatum, cotton grass, marsh, stroll road, hiking, Minamiaizu, Fukushima, Tohoku, Japan

San Francisco, California: c. 1955. Two young men walk past a cotton candy stand with snow cones in their hands at Playland At The Beach in San Francisco.

Young woman reading a book, relaxing, sitting in the grass, her dog, Alaskan Husky, beside her, Cotton Grass, Wind River, Yukon Territory, Canada

Children picking cotton. Several young boys pick cotton on a plantation in the American South. United States of America, circa 1930. United States of America, North America, North America .

Torso of sleeping female child in bed wearing white cotton night dress barely visible with head resting on hand of lower bare arm and upper bare arm resting over

Cotton Head Tamarin,Oedipomidas oedipus,South America. Cotton Head Tamarin,Oedipomidas oedipus,South America,adults,pair,couple,on tree,two animals

Greina, Switzerland, canton Graubünden, Grisons, Surselva, national park, project, Adula, plateau, marsh, landscape, pool, puddle, cotton grass, reflection, clouds

Greina, Switzerland, canton Graubünden, Grisons, Surselva, national park, project, Adula, plateau, marsh, landscape, pool, puddle, cotton grass, mountains

Colombia, Sierra De Perija, Yuko - Motilon, 'Palm Thatch Dwellings And Shelters, Boy Wearing Long Woven Cotton Toga. Cultivation Patch With Platanos / Plantains And Maize Plants.'

Profile of twelve year old girl, with long blonde hair facing the camera wearing white cotton dress standing in a grass field with soft focus brown woods behind her