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Mrs. Gus Wright, Farm Security Administration client with he...

from New York Public Library

• Paula said:

  My great aunt used to can figs which she grew in her backyard in Augusta Georgia. This shot brought back many memories. Thanks.

• J. Colerangle said:

  this is commercial agriculture in its purest form

• Flickr Foundation said:

  Thank you for sharing this photo. We've used it in our blog post for Black History Month in 2024 www.flickr.org/black-history-through-archival-images

Josie, six year old, Bertha, six years old, Sophie, 10 years old, all shuck regularly. Maggioni Canning Co. Location: Port Royal, South Carolina. (LOC)

from The Library of Congress

• 2 older comments, and then…
• swanq said:

  Shucking oysters, it would appear. See www.slow-guides.com/beaufort/oyster-your-world-visit-grea... which mentions the Maggioni Canning Co.

• Joe Cervantes said:

  Interesting article on Oysters. Love the photo. Wonder what became of those 3 girls?

• The Library of Congress said:

  ebamismoi: You might enjoy looking at "Mornings on Maple Street," www.morningsonmaplestreet.com/lewishine.html The web site author, Joe Manning, has found several descendants of the children shown in Hine's photos and wrote about "what became of them."

• Joe Cervantes said:

  Thanks you for that truly amazing link. I wil spend hours enjoying everyones story.

• Gabriel Nuñez said:

  outstanding image! unfortunate child labor

Canning plant where peas are principal project, Milton-Freewater, Oregon (LOC)

from The Library of Congress

• Randy Reiss said:

  According this article, they canned peas there: gesswhoto.com/um-pea-production.html

• delahendricksson said:

  A friend and I worked at this cannery summer of 1954..........Sometime in the last couple years it has been torn down we noticed when we drove by a month ago.