The Underwood Family Collection, no. 1 - West Texas Compress and Warehouse Company

Year Published: 1940s

Format: 16mm

Sound: silent

Description: This footage captures scenes of workers at Lubbock’s West Texas Compress and Warehouse Company. Workers use the large compress to bale cotton, tie it on the assembly line, take the bales to a weigh station, then stack the bales for distribution using tractors and forklifts.