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Title
Weighing in truckload of sweet potatoes at starch plant. Laurel, Mississippi
Names
United States. Farm Security Administration (Sponsor)
Lee, Russell, 1903-1986 (Photographer)
Collection

Farm Security Administration Photographs

Lee, Russell

Dates / Origin
Date Created: 1938-11
Library locations
The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection
Shelf locator: 032223-D c.4
Topics
Mississippi -- Laurel
Mississippi -- Jones County
Genres
Photographs
Notes
Acquisition: Transferred from the Picture Collection, 1991
Physical Description
Gelatin silver prints
Extent: Print Size: 8 x 10 in. (20.3 x 25.4 cm)
Type of Resource
Still image
Identifiers
TMS ID: 64031
TMS Object Number: 032223-D c.4
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 98e5bae0-06fb-0137-bd7a-0c9a228f79e3
Rights Statement
The New York Public Library believes that this item is in the public domain under the laws of the United States, but did not make a determination as to its copyright status under the copyright laws of other countries. This item may not be in the public domain under the laws of other countries. Though not required, if you want to credit us as the source, please use the following statement, "From The New York Public Library," and provide a link back to the item on our Digital Collections site. Doing so helps us track how our collection is used and helps justify freely releasing even more content in the future.

Item timeline of events

  • 1938: Created
  • 2019: Digitized
  • 2024: Found by you!
  • 2025

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The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection, The New York Public Library. "Weighing in truckload of sweet potatoes at starch plant. Laurel, Mississippi" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1938. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/9cf9a0f0-0703-0137-9477-5fc77b36d96c

Chicago/Turabian Format

The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection, The New York Public Library. "Weighing in truckload of sweet potatoes at starch plant. Laurel, Mississippi" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed March 29, 2024. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/9cf9a0f0-0703-0137-9477-5fc77b36d96c

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The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection, The New York Public Library. (1938). Weighing in truckload of sweet potatoes at starch plant. Laurel, Mississippi Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/9cf9a0f0-0703-0137-9477-5fc77b36d96c

Wikipedia Citation

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Weighing in truckload of sweet potatoes at starch plant. Laurel, Mississippi