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Escambia Farms, Florida. The crops of George McLelland, FSA (Farm Security Administration) client. From foreground to horizon: beans, asparagus, sugar cane, and corn

Escambia Farms, Florida. The crops of George McLelland, FSA (Farm Secu...

Public domain photograph of United States countryside, nature, during 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Italian workers from Trenton and nearby areas grading and bunching asparagus in packing house. Starkey Farms, Morrisville, Pennsylvania

Italian workers from Trenton and nearby areas grading and bunching asp...

Picryl description: Public domain image of food, dinner, grocery store, eating, 1930s, mid-20th-century United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Camp Edwards, Massachusetts. This "asparagus patch," consisting of pine logs stuck in the ground, is an obstacle that looks easy but in reality is a backbreaker. Men must be able to crawl for some distance, twisting and turning like a snake, to complete this course, for the logs are set in a straight line

Camp Edwards, Massachusetts. This "asparagus patch," consisting of pin...

Picryl description: Public domain image - Massachusetts in the 1910s, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Asparagus at produce market. Chicago, Illinois

Asparagus at produce market. Chicago, Illinois

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Italian workers from Trenton and nearby areas grading and bunching asparagus in packing house. Starkey Farms, Morrisville, Pennsylvania

Italian workers from Trenton and nearby areas grading and bunching asp...

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Women in war. Summer canning workers. Food to make America strong. Women near Rochelle, Illinois, many of them schoolteachers and pupils, work in asparagus canning factories during the summer months

Women in war. Summer canning workers. Food to make America strong. Wom...

Picryl description: Public domain image of industrial or agricultural worker, 1930s, 20th-century, free to use, no copyright restrictions. show less

Women in war. Summer canning workers. A skilled and vastly important job in this Rochelle, Illinois, asparagus canning factory is performed by this woman grading expert. The grade of vegetables, their water content, and the relative excellence of the product determines the price which the canner will pay the farmer for his crop

Women in war. Summer canning workers. A skilled and vastly important j...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a woman working, women labor, 1940s, economic conditions, home front, world war two, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Jeffersontown, Kentucky. The Jefferson County ommunity cannery, started by the WPA (Work Projects Administration), now conducted by the state (?) vocational education department. Women pay three cents each for cans and two cents per can for use of the pressure cooker. Mrs. Fred Kemper(left), and Mrs. Roland Kemper canning asparagus that they bought in the market

Jeffersontown, Kentucky. The Jefferson County ommunity cannery, starte...

Picryl description: Public domain image of food, dinner, grocery store, eating, 1930s, mid-20th-century United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Otis Brock's home and peach orchard, one of his money crops. He grows peaches, peanuts, asparagus, cotton and hogs for sale. Flint River Farms, Georgia

Otis Brock's home and peach orchard, one of his money crops. He grows ...

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

Italian workers from Trenton and nearby areas grading and bunching asparagus in packing house. Starkey Farms, Morrisville Pennsylvania

Italian workers from Trenton and nearby areas grading and bunching asp...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a worker, labor, factory, plant, manufacture, industrial facility, 1930s, mid-20th-century industrial photo, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Women in war. Summer canning workers. Food to make America strong. Women near Rochelle, Illinois, many of them schoolteachers and pupils, work in asparagus canning factories during the summer months

Women in war. Summer canning workers. Food to make America strong. Wom...

Picryl description: Public domain historical photo of Second World War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Bridgeton, New Jersey. Seabrook Farm. Packing asparagus

Bridgeton, New Jersey. Seabrook Farm. Packing asparagus

Public domain image of an industrial building, factory, structure, works, 19th-20th century industrial revolution, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

Women in war. Summer canning workers. Food to make America strong. Women near Rochelle, Illinois, many of them schoolteachers and pupils, work in asparagus canning factories during the summer months

Women in war. Summer canning workers. Food to make America strong. Wom...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a woman working, women labor, 1940s, economic conditions, home front, world war two, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Design for asparagus set - Public domain drawing

Design for asparagus set - Public domain drawing

Copyright design drawing shows asparagus spears as well as the ferny growth with red berries that appears after harvesting. Stamped May 2 1890, #14540. Copyright deposit.

Catalogue of fruit and ornamental trees, evergreens, shrubs, roses, grape vines, currants, gooseberries, raspberries, strawberries, asparagus, etc., cultivated and for sale by Turner & McKellar at Rose Grove nursery, Chillicothe, O. [n. d.].

Catalogue of fruit and ornamental trees, evergreens, shrubs, roses, gr...

Page Order: Leaflet Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 138, Folder 29.

Women in war. Agricultural workers. With the nation's manpower swelling the ranks of the armed forces, women must step into many new occupations in both urban and rural life. These women harvest hands in Rochelle, Illinois, are helping the national welfare by picking the summer asparagus crop

Women in war. Agricultural workers. With the nation's manpower swellin...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a woman working, women labor, 1940s, economic conditions, home front, world war two, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Women in war. Agricultural workers. With the nation's manpower swelling the ranks of the armed forces, women must step into many new occupations in both urban and rural life. These women harvest hands in Rochelle, Illinois, are helping the national welfare by picking the summer asparagus crop

Women in war. Agricultural workers. With the nation's manpower swellin...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a farm, farmer, agriculture, early 20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Bridgeton, New Jersey. Seabrook Farms. John Seabrook, Courtney Seabrook and a customer sample canned asparagus

Bridgeton, New Jersey. Seabrook Farms. John Seabrook, Courtney Seabroo...

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

Women in war. Agricultural workers. With the nation's manpower swelling the ranks of the armed forces, women must step into many new occupations in both urban and rural life. These women harvest hands in Rochelle, Illinois, are helping the national welfare by picking the summer asparagus crop

Women in war. Agricultural workers. With the nation's manpower swellin...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a farm, farmer, agriculture, early 20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Women in war. Agricultural workers. With the nation's manpower swelling the ranks of the armed forces, women must step into many new occupations in both urban and rural life. These women harvest hands in Rochelle, Illinois, are helping the national welfare by picking the summer asparagus crop

Women in war. Agricultural workers. With the nation's manpower swellin...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of a farmer, 1930s, 20th-century great depression era, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Catalogue of fruit and ornamental trees, evergreens, shrubs, roses, grape vines, currants, gooseberries, raspberries, strawberries, asparagus, etc., cultivated and for sale by Turner & McKellar at Rose Grove nursery, Chillicothe, O. [n. d.].

Catalogue of fruit and ornamental trees, evergreens, shrubs, roses, gr...

Page Order: Leaflet Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 138, Folder 29.

13 and 14-year old boys (the youngest) cutting asparagus on farm near Lawton. Location: Lawton, Oklahoma / Lewis W. Hine.

13 and 14-year old boys (the youngest) cutting asparagus on farm near ...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of child, child labor, farmer, early 20th-century farm, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Italian workers from Trenton and nearby areas grading and bunching asparagus in packing house. Starkey Farms, Morrisville, Pennsylvania

Italian workers from Trenton and nearby areas grading and bunching asp...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of street life, food vendor, city market, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Catalogue of fruit and ornamental trees, evergreens, shrubs, roses, grape vines, currants, gooseberries, raspberries, strawberries, asparagus, etc., cultivated and for sale by Turner & McKellar at Rose Grove nursery, Chillicothe, O. [n. d.].

Catalogue of fruit and ornamental trees, evergreens, shrubs, roses, gr...

Page Order: Leaflet Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 138, Folder 29.

Catalogue of fruit and ornamental trees, evergreens, shrubs, roses, grape vines, currants, gooseberries, raspberries, strawberries, asparagus, etc., cultivated and for sale by Turner & McKellar at Rose Grove nursery, Chillicothe, O. [n. d.].

Catalogue of fruit and ornamental trees, evergreens, shrubs, roses, gr...

Page Order: Leaflet Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 138, Folder 29.

[13 and 14-year old boys (the youngest) cutting asparagus on farm near Lawton.] Location: [Lawton, Oklahoma] / [Lewis W. Hine]

[13 and 14-year old boys (the youngest) cutting asparagus on farm near...

Picryl description: Public domain image of working farmers, agriculture, farm, 20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Women in war. Agricultural workers. With the nation's manpower swelling the ranks of the armed forces, women must step into many new occupations in both urban and rural life. These women harvest hands in Rochelle, Illinois, are helping the national welfare by picking the summer asparagus crop

Women in war. Agricultural workers. With the nation's manpower swellin...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a quarry, mine, excavation, or mining site, free to use, no copyright restrictions.