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Industry and agriculture / Phebe Westcott Humphreys

Views of agriculture, horticulture, and industry, most of which is located in New Jersey. Includes canneries, shellfish industry, box and basket-making, and other food related industries. Highlights women at work in canneries like Probasco & Lanning's of Bridgeton, N.J. Also includes an...

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Main Author: Phebe Westcott Humphreys (1864-19--), photographer.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: 1899-1905
Subjects and Genres:
Feyley, St. Winslow, photographer
Probasco & Lanning (Bridgeton, N.J.)
Shellfish trade > New Jersey.
Women > Employment
Food industry > New Jersey
Box industry > New Jersey
Basket making
Horticulture
Agriculture
African Americans > Employment.
Industries > New Jersey.
Can industry > New Jersey
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Summary: Views of agriculture, horticulture, and industry, most of which is located in New Jersey. Includes canneries, shellfish industry, box and basket-making, and other food related industries. Highlights women at work in canneries like Probasco & Lanning's of Bridgeton, N.J. Also includes an image of an Afro-American cannery "mascot", and another black man preparing fish. One image of tomato-picking in a greenhouse photographed by St. Winslow Feyley.
Item Description: Forms part of the Phebe Westcott Humphreys Collection; for general information, see collection record with title.
Physical Description: 25 photoprints : silver gelatin printing-out paper; 5 x 7 in. (12.7 x 17.7 cm.)

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