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Still Image
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Original Format
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Photograph
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Title
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Jamaican Workers at Notaro Farm
Description
An account of the resource
<p>During World War II American farmers had severe difficulties when it came to labor, especially during the harvest season, so the Farm Security Administration (FSA) authorized the creation of farm labor camps. One in Erie County was located just outside of Brant, NY and supplied field hands and canning factory workers.<br /><br />Beginning in 1943 guest workers from Jamaica were the primary occupants of <a href="https://openvalley.org/items/show/1946" target="_blank" rel="noopener">the Brant tent camp</a>. The photograph here identifies them as working for the Notaro Brothers in Farnham, NY. They had never seen tomato seedlings before, but were planting them shortly after their arrival. John Notaro said that "The Jamaicans have the spirit to work and they came just in time....This new labor supply will help us to catch up" ("Jamaicans"). Still, there are news stories from 1943-44 of the Notaro Brothers allowing neighbors free access to unharvested beans, and hastily mobilizing young Farm Cadets to assist with the picking. <br /><br /><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Works Consulted</span>: "Jamaicans Quick to Learn Farming Methods of North, "<em> Buffalo News </em>15 June 1943: 1; "Pick 'Em Yourself and You Can Have String Beans Free," <em>Buffalo News </em>14 Sept. 1943: 1; "Farmer's Bean Crop Saved by Hustling Cadets," <em>Buffalo Courier Express </em>25 June 1944: 8.</p>
Creator
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Unknown
Date
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1943-1944
Contributor
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Cooper, Ken
Source
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Photo courtesy of Patty Friend, Town of Brant Historian
Type
The nature or genre of the resource
Still image
Brant, NY
Erie County
Farm labor
Farm Security Administration
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Still Image
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Original Format
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Film negative
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Title
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Elba Farm Labor Camp
Description
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In 1942, amid World War II labor shortages, the Farm Security Administration (FSA) constructed a labor camp located near the town of Elba, NY. It was one of many across the country whose purpose was to facilitate the harvest of valuable crops. <br /><br />These four images scanned from film negatives are characteristic of a group of more than 70 that document the often dire conditions that brought people to Western New York--starvation, forced removal from relief rolls--and that characterized life here. It's not uncommon to see children in photographs without shoes.
<ol>
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<p>Migrants waiting for work in front of US Employment Service Office</p>
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<li>
<p>Migrants from New York City and West Virginia washing up after work</p>
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<li>
<p>West Virginia workers negotiating with two local tomato farmers</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>Relief client from New York City talks with migrant laborers from West Virginia</p>
</li>
</ol>
<p>A year after these photos were taken, the FSA had transported 255 laborers from Jamaica to work in the fields. They were charged $7/week for food consisting primarily of bread and protested that they were near to starvation, harvesting crops. The Elba site persisted into the 1970s as "Frank Weathers Labor Camp" and sometimes made it into police blotter reports for incidents of violence among its impoverished inhabitants.</p>
Creator
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Collier, John Jr.
Publisher
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US Farm Security Administration
Date
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1942-09
Contributor
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Cooper, Ken
Source
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<a href="https://www.loc.gov/item/2004673741/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Courtesy Library of Congress</a>
Format
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jpeg, 633 KB
jpeg, 593 KB
jpeg, 330 KB
jpeg, 672 KB
Type
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Still image
Batavia, NY
Elba, NY
Farm Security Administration
Migrant Camps
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Dublin Core
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Title
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Perry Knitting Co.
Description
An account of the resource
This collection gathers documents for a Perry Knitting Co. exhibit on OpenValley. They are drawn from from three main sources.<br /><br />First, the Clark Rice Photography Collection at the Perry, NY Public Library. Rice was a prolific photographer in Western New York throughout the mid-20th century. This collection includes scans of his work, and copies of images from the turn of the century photographer Merrium Crocker, whose studio Rice purchased. <br /><br />Secondly, the Henry Page Local History Files. Page was president of First National Bank of Perry, and a local historian associated with the public library for nearly five decades. His uncle, William, had helped secure funding from the Carnegie Corporation for its establishment in 1900 and construction in 1914. The Page collection contains various historical materials and photographs accumulated by him over the years.<br /><br />Thirdly, we draw upon various public domain texts, such as maps from the Library of Congress or <a href="http://perrypubliclibrary.advantage-preservation.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">digitized articles from local newspapers</a>. All images here are selections from these collections, chosen for their relevance to OpenValley project. We gratefully acknowledge the generosity of the Perry Public Library and its Director, Jessica Pacciotti.
Contributor
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Meghan Cobo, Ken Cooper, Michaelena Ferraro, Melisha Gatlin, Andrew Gleason, Macaire Lisicki, Ben Michalak, Ethan Pelletier, Emma Raupp, Mariah Rockwell.
Special thanks to Jessica Pacciotti at the Perry Public Library.
Still Image
A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials.
Original Format
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Print from nitrate negative
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Title
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Mechanical Cotton Harvesters
Description
An account of the resource
The full title of this photograph is "Three international pickers in a cotton field on Hopson Plantation, Mississippi Delta." It was taken by a photographer on contract with the Farm Services Administration, documenting agricultural practices and working conditions during the New Deal era.
Creator
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Wolcott, Marion Post, 1910-1990
Publisher
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US Farm Security Administration
Date
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1939-11
Contributor
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Cooper, Ken
Source
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US Library of Congress Digital ID #<a href="https://lccn.loc.gov/2017801785" target="_blank" rel="noopener">fsa 8c10971 //hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/fsa.8c10971 </a>
Format
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jpeg, 1.9 MB
Type
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Still image
Agriculture
Cotton
Farm Security Administration
Great Depression
Perry Knitting Co.
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Dublin Core
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Title
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Perry Knitting Co.
Description
An account of the resource
This collection gathers documents for a Perry Knitting Co. exhibit on OpenValley. They are drawn from from three main sources.<br /><br />First, the Clark Rice Photography Collection at the Perry, NY Public Library. Rice was a prolific photographer in Western New York throughout the mid-20th century. This collection includes scans of his work, and copies of images from the turn of the century photographer Merrium Crocker, whose studio Rice purchased. <br /><br />Secondly, the Henry Page Local History Files. Page was president of First National Bank of Perry, and a local historian associated with the public library for nearly five decades. His uncle, William, had helped secure funding from the Carnegie Corporation for its establishment in 1900 and construction in 1914. The Page collection contains various historical materials and photographs accumulated by him over the years.<br /><br />Thirdly, we draw upon various public domain texts, such as maps from the Library of Congress or <a href="http://perrypubliclibrary.advantage-preservation.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">digitized articles from local newspapers</a>. All images here are selections from these collections, chosen for their relevance to OpenValley project. We gratefully acknowledge the generosity of the Perry Public Library and its Director, Jessica Pacciotti.
Contributor
An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource
Meghan Cobo, Ken Cooper, Michaelena Ferraro, Melisha Gatlin, Andrew Gleason, Macaire Lisicki, Ben Michalak, Ethan Pelletier, Emma Raupp, Mariah Rockwell.
Special thanks to Jessica Pacciotti at the Perry Public Library.
Still Image
A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials.
Original Format
The type of object, such as photograph, map, drawing, painting, etc., and any additional data
Print from nitrate negative
Dublin Core
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Title
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Cotton day laborers
Description
An account of the resource
The full title of this photograph is "Day laborers carrying sack of cotton from field to cotton house to be weighed, Marcella Plantation, Mississippi Delta, Mississippi." It was taken by a photographer hired by the Farm Security Administration during the New Deal era, presumably to document farm practices and working conditions during dust bowl conditions.
Creator
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Wolcott, Marion Post, 1910-1990
Publisher
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US Farm Security Administration
US Library of Congress
Date
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1939
Contributor
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Cooper, Ken
Source
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US Library of Congress digital ID<a href="https://lccn.loc.gov/2017754738" target="_blank" rel="noopener"> #fsa 8a41028 //hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/fsa.8a41028</a>
Format
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jpeg, 1.1 MB
Language
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Still image
Cotton
Farm Security Administration
Great Depression
Labor
New Deal
Perry Knitting Co.
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Still Image
A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials.
Original Format
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Photograph from nitrate negative
Physical Dimensions
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2.25 x 2.25 in.
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Title
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Sand Dunes on a Farm in Cimarron County, Oklahoma
Creator
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Rothstein, Arthur (1915-1985)
Publisher
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Farm Security Administration
Date
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1936-04
Contributor
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Jackson, Madison
Source
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Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <a href="https://www.loc.gov/item/2017760364/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://www.loc.gov/item/2017760364/</a>.
Description
An account of the resource
One of photographer Arthur Rothstein's famous series of photographs chronicling the Dust Bowl. This item has a full-size file, and one cropped for use in a Juxtapose JS application used in the OpenValley exhibit <a href="https://openvalley.org/exhibits/show/green-new-deal--conservation/5-" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Green New Deal: Conservation</a>.
Format
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jpeg, 1.3 MB
jpeg, 287 KB
Type
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Still image
Arthur Rothstein
Dust Bowl
Farm Security Administration
photograph