This stereograph card depicts a group of men, women, and children picking cotton. In the background is a person sitting sideways on a pale colored horse or mule. In the foreground is a large circular container of cotton flanked by two children. The stereograph card consists of two similar images side by side, with the images in the center of the card. At either end of the card is vertical text. On the left side margin is script that reads "Keystone View Company/ Manufacturers/ Copyrighted/ Made in U.S.A. / Publishers." On the right side margin is script that reads "Meadville, Pa., New York, N.Y., / Chicago, Ill., London, England." Along the bottom right margin is text that reads "9506 Picking Cotton on a Mississippi Plantation." At the top center margin is text that reads "T89." There is text on the back of the card.