Opening of a North Carolina curb market
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Item information
- Title:
- Opening of a North Carolina curb market
- Description:
- North Carolina rural women sold approximately $300,000 worth of surplus produce at the curb markets established in various centers by home agents. The above picture shows the activity at a market immediately after its opening at eight o'clock Saturday morning. In less than an hour, practically all of the material had been sold. In this particular market, the farm women all wear white dresses and have a certificate from the county health department stating that the farm home and its surroundings had been carefully inspected.
- Topics:
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Community and Extension
- Subjects:
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Home demonstration work
Markets
- Original Format:
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Black and white print (photograph)
- Extent:
- 16 x 20 cm.
- Item identifier:
- 0000537
- Created Date:
- Genre:
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Interior views
- Names:
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North Carolina Agricultural Extension Service
more info on North Carolina Agricultural Extension Service
- Location:
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North Carolina
- Digital Project:
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Green 'N' Growing
Source information
- Repository:
- Special Collections Research Center at NC State University Libraries
- Collection:
- University Archives Photograph Collection. Home Demonstration Work (UA023.009) held by Special Collections Research Center at NC State University Libraries
- Note field:
- Not all materials from the physical collection may have been scanned. Images may have been enhanced for web access.
- Rights:
- For questions regarding copyright or permissions, please refer to our Reproduction, Use, Citation, and Copyright page (http://d.lib.ncsu.edu/collections/about).
- Funding:
- Digitization of this image was partially supported with federal Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) funds made possible through a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services, and administered by the State Library of North Carolina, a division of the Department of Cultural Resources.
