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S. II Images

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    • Series I. Documentary Files
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      • Winters Photographs of Liberia, 1953
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    • Series XI. Personal Papers
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  • Reference Pages
    • USDA Seal
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    • Ezra Taft Benson
    • Orville L. Freeman
    • Paul H. Appleby
    • Mordecai Ezekiel
    • Rexford G. Tugwell
    • M. L. (Millburn Lincoln) Wilson
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Big Ox
(1839)
Caption to 1839 lithograph. The copy in the USDA History Collection is a photographic print.
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Irrigation scene
(1941-05)
Thumbnail for the first (or only) page of The Boll Weevil Monument, Enterprise, Alabama..
The Boll Weevil Monument, Enterprise, Alabama.
Caption transcribed from The Columbia Encyclopedia, 3rd ed., s.v. "Enterprise."
Thumbnail for the first (or only) page of Concord Grapevine.
Concord Grapevine
(1849)
The original Concord grapevine, developed by Ephraim Wales Bull in Concord, Massachusetts, 1849.
Thumbnail for the first (or only) page of Churning Butter.
Churning Butter
(1994-07)
Original caption, USDA photograph by Madeleine Osborne, number N-5903.
Thumbnail for the first (or only) page of Florida children driving an oxcart.
Florida children driving an oxcart
Thumbnail for the first (or only) page of Hermitage garden.
Hermitage garden
Garden at the Hermitage, home of Andrew Jackson, near Nashville, Tennessee.
Thumbnail for the first (or only) page of Chicago Bd of Trade.
Chicago Bd of Trade
(1970)
Caption from 1970 photograph.
Thumbnail for the first (or only) page of Contour Farming.
Contour Farming
(4/20/1938)
Caption from photograph of a Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, farm, taken April 20, 1938. Photograph no. Pa-40351.
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Erosion Control
(1957-07)
Soil Conservation Service photograph no. Wis-1351, by E. W. Cole, July 1957.
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Farm fencing
(9/21/1938)
Caption from photograph no. Va-30229 taken in Albemarle, Virginia, by I. W. Cousins, September 21, 1938.
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Forest Ranger
(1938-09)
Original caption, USDA photograph by Leland J. Frater in California, September, 1963.
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George Washington Carver
George Washington Carver (1864-1943), renowned agricultural chemist, working in his laboratory.
Thumbnail for the first (or only) page of Hayfield.
Hayfield
A Wisconsin hayfield and house, showing some contour farming techniques.
Thumbnail for the first (or only) page of Irrigation.
Irrigation
(1941-09)
An irrigation channel on a cattle ranch in the Yampa River valley, Colorado, September 1941. USDA photograph by Wolcott, no. N-6059 (58844 FSA).
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USDA officials
(1961)
This photograph is of several USDA officials, both active and retired, taken in 1961 at a lecture series honoring the USDA Centennial. On the far…
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