<I>PICKING STRAWBERRIES PLANT CITY, FLA.</I>
date: label: Date
content: 1946
name: label: Created by
content: Unidentified
label: Subject of
content: Unidentified Woman or Women
label: Subject of
content: Unidentified Man or Men
notes: label: Description
content: A black-and-white photographic postcard of men and women picking strawberries in Plant City, Florida. The image depicts rows of strawberry plants in an open field surrounded by trees. In the foreground are five men and women bending down or kneeling to pick the strawberries. All wear long-sleeved shirts, long pants or skirts, and hates. Just behind them, a man stands upright holding two large, handled wooden trays loaded with strawberries. In the background is another group of men and women bending over to pick strawberries in the far corner of the field.
label: Description
content: On the back is a handwritten message dated [Dec 9] reading [Just starting to pick strawberries here. We live out of doors in day time - sleep in trailer at night - 74 degrees in the shade all day today. Wish you were here. Johnny is fine - started to school today Dec. 9. Had a fine trip down. 1354 mile to this spot. Clyde. ROYAL OAK TRAILER COURT. PLANT CITY FLA.]. On the other side, the postcard is addressed [Mr. and Mrs. Leslie Jennings / Valois / N.Y.]. A postmark is dated Dec 9, 1946, Plant City, Florida.
place: label: Place depicted
content: Plant City, Hillsborough County, Florida, United States, North and Central America
label: Place depicted
content: New York, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Agriculture
label: Topic
content: American South
label: Topic
content: Photography
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Photographs and Still Images
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2010.36.7.15
objectType: label: Type
content: photographic postcards
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Unknown - Restrictions Possible
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Rights assessment and proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: ink on paper (fiber product)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 3 1/2 x 5 1/2 in. (8.9 x 14 cm)