Men Shocking Hemp, 1900
‘Men shocking, or standing and binding large bundles of hemp’ photographed by Rue B. Archibald. Mercer county, Kentucky between 1900-04
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Noon at Hamburg Place, 1900’s
‘Noon at Hamburg Place’ postcard, Lexington, Kentucky early 1900’s
Workers Harvest Hemp with a Mongul, 1917
‘Workers harvest hemp with a Mogul 10-20 tractor and a hemp harvester’ Wisconsin 1917
Irish Wheel, early 1900’s
An Irish family outside a thatched cottage while a woman spins at the wheel, Ireland, between 1900-1920
Moving Weight, 1944
Loading hemp from the field. Batschsentiwan, Yugoslavia 1944
Quiet Smoke, 1907
“Quiet Smoke”. Hopi Farmer smoking with hoe, by Edward S. Curtis 1907
Mart, he haint old nuff, 1916
“Mart, he haint old nuff to go to school much, but he kin pick his 20 pounds a day. Mostly 10 to 15 pounds.” “Mart Payne, 5 years old, picks from 10 to 20 pounds a day. His mother Read More …