Early-20th Century farm equipment, retained as a reminder of harder days at the Porter Farm, also known as Walter C. Porter Farm, near Terrell in Kaufman County, Texas
Summary
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The farm was the site of the first cooperative farm demonstration, organized by Dr. Seaman A. Knapp, a U.S. Department of Agriculture agent, in 1903. The project successfully demonstrated methods expanding crop production.
Credit line: The Lyda Hill Texas Collection of Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division.
Gift; The Lyda Hill Foundation; 2014; (DLC/PP-2014:054).
Forms part of: Lyda Hill Texas Collection of Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive.
Tags
Date
2010 - 2020
Contributors
Highsmith, Carol M., 1946-, photographer
Location
kaufman county
Source
Library of Congress
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