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Hightstown, New Jersey. The homesteaders of the farm group are proud of their straight potato row. They have raised very successful crops. The farm was started in 1934

Hightstown, New Jersey. Factory and field, both to be run on cooperative basis by resettled families at Hightstown. The men are working in the potato field, one of the crops on the farm of four hundred and fourteen acres. ...

Hightstown, New Jersey. Factory and field, both to be run on cooperative basis by resettled families at Hightstown. The men are working in the potato field, one of the crops on the farm of four hundred and fourteen acres. ...

Jersey homesteads. Hightstown, New Jersey

Potato field, where the farm members of this resettled group have the second best crop in the three leading potato counties, according to estimates of the New Jersey Agricultural State College. Hightstown, New Jersey

Farmyard, New Jersey. Great Depression, Carl Mydans photographs

Homesteader, farmer, who has been working on the community farm since 1934. Hightstown, New Jersey

Homesteader, farmer, who has been working on the community farm since 1934. Hightstown, New Jersey

A black and white photo of a woman holding a baseball bat, Hightstown, New Jersey.

Hightstown, New Jersey. The homesteaders of the farm group are proud of their straight potato row. They have raised very successful crops. The farm was started in 1934

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Picryl description: Public domain photograph of farming, farmer, agriculture, 20th-century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

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new jersey hightstown mercer county homesteading farms the miriam and ira d wallach division of art prints and photographs photography collection farm security administration photographs farm group farm potato row united states farm security administration sponsor lange dorothea photographer ultra high resolution high resolution great depression farming classic photography art photography nypl
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01/06/1936 - 30/06/1936
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Farmlands - A black and white drawing of a rural road

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new jersey hightstown mercer county homesteading farms the miriam and ira d wallach division of art prints and photographs photography collection farm security administration photographs farm group farm potato row united states farm security administration sponsor lange dorothea photographer ultra high resolution high resolution great depression farming classic photography art photography nypl