Mt. Airy School painting: preparing the surface, probably one-room African-American school in Friar's Point, Coahoma County, Mississippi. School is 20 X 30 X 10, constructed of heart pine.
Mt. Airy School painting: the first coat in 33 years, probably one-room African-American school in Friar's Point, Coahoma County (Miss.). School is 20 X 30 X 10, constructed of heart pine.
Members of the Magnolia 4-H Club from Picayune (Miss.). Left to right: Etha May Seals, Katherine McKee, Lucille Smith, Magaret Formby, Willie Mae Spiers, Aretha Smith, Dorothy Formby, Hilda Formby. Top row: Edith Walker, Edna Wierengo, Onieta...
4-H clubs; Boxing; 4-H Club Congress (Miss.); Posey, Clarence, 1907-1981; Neshoba County (Miss.)
Clarence Posey of Neshoba County began his boxing career as a 4-H member at the State 4-H Club Congress (A&M College) by knocking out the college conference champion. He boxed as a professional with a cloverleaf on his trunks and was known as...
Poultry farming; Chickens; Tennessee Valley Authority
Description of F. M. Sanderson and his poultry farm, probably Tishomingo County, Mississipi. Photograph and text page was probably taken from an annual report after the Tennessee Valley Authority project.
Farming; Cattle; Livestock; Tennessee Valley Authority
Description of James C. Lomineck and his farm. Photograph and text page was probably taken from a report on the Tennessee Valley Authority project. Probably Tishomingo County, Mississippi.
Comparison photographs of James C. Lomineck's old and new homes. Photographs were probably taken from an annual report after the Tennessee Valley Authority project.
Lime; Factories; Mississippi Department of Agriculture and Commerce
The inactive State lime plant at Waynesboro, Mississippi is inaccessible to highways and is recommended to be abandoned for agricultural lime. The deposit is heavily overburdened with 10-15 ft. of soil. Former operations of hand digging, air...
Part of the group of growers who shipped cooperatively from Starkville, Mississippi, November 20, 1933. Ten carloads of turkeys shipped last year from Oktibbeha, Noxubee, Lowndes, Monroe, and Chickasaw Counties, Mississippi.