Hoisting bundles of sugarcane into boxcars near Delcambre, Louisiana. Due to difficulty in getting boxcars farmers had to wait for two or three days with loaded wagons. Sucrose content of cane was decreasing steadily

Operations in harvesting of sugarcane. Cane is loaded onto truck or wagon by means of loading rig. Water cart is shown amidst slashed cane. Near New Roads, Louisiana

Trucks waiting to unload their sugar cane at the South Puerto Rico Sugar Company

Guanica, Puerto Rico (vicinity). At the loading station. Here sugar cane is weighed and loaded into freight cars to be shipped to the sugar mill

Unloading sugarcane from truck at sugar mill near New Iberia, Louisiana

Guanica, Puerto Rico (vicinity). Sugar-laden ox carts waiting at the loading station for loads of cane to be weighed and put into freight cars for shipment to the sugar mills

Hoisting bundles of sugarcane into boxcars near Delcambre, Louisiana. Due to difficulty in getting boxcars farmers had to wait for two or three days with loaded wagons. Sucrose content of cane was decreasing steadily

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Public domain photograph of Louisiana in 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

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louisiana

iberia parish

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united states history

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01/01/1938

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Lee, Russell, 1903-1986, photographer

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No known restrictions. For information, see U.S. Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information Black & White Photographs http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/071_fsab.html

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