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Picryl description: Public domain photograph of farming, farmer, agriculture, 20th-century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

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gardens fall harvests squashes ethnography rock creek betty jarrell betty jarrell butternut squash high resolution coal river folklife collection tending the commons folklife and landscape in southern west virginia american folklife center lyntha scott eiler butternut squash ultra high resolution west virginia library of congress
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01/01/1996
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Contributors

Jarrell, Betty (Depicted)
Eiler, Lyntha Scott (Photographer)
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Rock Creek ,  38.10316, -81.84596
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Library of Congress
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http://www.loc.gov/
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gardens fall harvests squashes ethnography rock creek betty jarrell betty jarrell butternut squash high resolution coal river folklife collection tending the commons folklife and landscape in southern west virginia american folklife center lyntha scott eiler butternut squash ultra high resolution west virginia library of congress