Figure 5. - Picking up potatoes provided higher earning than most jobs. This young potato picker is at work in a field near Belcross, N. C.
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Title
Figure 5. - Picking up potatoes provided higher earning than most jobs. This young potato picker is at work in a field near Belcross, N. C.
Collection
Migratory farm workers in the Atlantic coast stream
Names
Metzler, William H., 1897- (Author)
Date / Origin
Date Issued: 1955
Place: Washington
Publisher: [U.S. Govt. Print. Off.]
Library Location
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Jean Blackwell Hutson Research and Reference Division
Shelf locator: Sc 331.7-M (Metzler, W. Migratory farm workers)
Subjects
Migrant labor -- Atlantic States
Potatoes
North Carolina
African American agricultural laborers
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Physical Description
Halftone photomechanical prints
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Identifiers
RLIN/OCLC: NYPGR26508360-B
NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b11669202
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 92a8a800-c617-012f-7f3e-58d385a7bc34
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1955
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Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Jean Blackwell Hutson Research and Reference Division, The New York Public Library. "Figure 5. - Picking up potatoes provided higher earning than most jobs. This young potato picker is at work in a field near Belcross, N. C." The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1955. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/92a8a800-c617-012f-7f3e-58d385a7bc34
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Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Jean Blackwell Hutson Research and Reference Division, The New York Public Library. (1955). Figure 5. - Picking up potatoes provided higher earning than most jobs. This young potato picker is at work in a field near Belcross, N. C. Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/92a8a800-c617-012f-7f3e-58d385a7bc34
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Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Jean Blackwell Hutson Research and Reference Division, The New York Public Library. "Figure 5. - Picking up potatoes provided higher earning than most jobs. This young potato picker is at work in a field near Belcross, N. C." New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 16, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/92a8a800-c617-012f-7f3e-58d385a7bc34
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