Spreading Insecticides by Tractor in the Cornfield
Date:
1949
Description:
Three men operate a tractor through a cornfield spreading insectisides with two other men walking alongside it. Text above photograph 'Corn Borer damage on sweet corn planted the last week of April and up to the first half of May has been increasing each year. Marketable sweet corn cannot be produced through that period without insecticides and each year it takes greater coverage to do the job. They started with 3 and now are satisfied with 5 applications.' Photograph taken in Hancock County
Farm pond on the A.H. Hillyard farm with a man casting his fishing line. Caption reads, 'Farm ponds are still increasing. This one on the A. H. Hillyard Farm not only provides excellent fishing but water supply for irrigating vegetables as well. (Benton Hazellat, Chairman North Panhandle Soil Conservation District)'
Rectifier at Williams River Mine, Webster County, W. Va.
Date:
1949
Description:
A close-up view of a rectifier in the Williams River Mine in Webster County, W. Va. Gauley Mountain Coal Company, Ansted, W. Va. 'Taken by mechanization' written on the front of the photograph.
Miners at the Williams River Mine, Webster County, W. Va.
Date:
1949
Description:
Miners walk along a road with their lunch pails at the Williams River Mine in Webster County. Gauley Mountain Coal Company, Ansted, W. Va. 'Taken in mechanization' written on the front of the photograph.
Rectifier at Williams River Mine, Webster County, W. Va.
Date:
1949
Description:
A close-up view of rectrifier in Williams River Mine (Webster County), W. Va. Gauley Mountain Coal Company, Ansted, W. Va. 'Taken by mechanization' written on the front of the photograph.
