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- Richwood Depot: 1942
- September 1942. Richwood, West Virginia. "Baltimore & Ohio train will take 300 men and ... of Agriculture in day coaches to harvest crops in New York State." Photo by John Collier for the Farm Security Administration. View ... Posted by Dave - 01/02/2023 - 4:49pm -
- Woo Woo: 1942
- September 1942. "Boy and girl from Richwood, West Virginia, en route to upper New York state to work in the harvest." The young man last seen here. And ... Posted by Dave - 02/21/2023 - 12:53pm -
- Peas Train: 1942
- ... "Special train carrying agricultural workers to upper New York state to work in the harvest." Our second look at the high schoolers ... amid a wartime labor shortage to travel from Richwood, West Virginia, to Batavia, New York, to help bring in the fruit crop. ... Posted by Dave - 01/01/2023 - 4:45pm -
- Dancing Queen: 1942
- September 1942. "Local dance hall in Richwood, Nicholas County, West Virginia. Photos document U.S. Department of ... farm labor to relieve manpower shortage for harvesting New York State crops." 4x5 inch acetate negative by John Collier for the Farm ... their fellow foot stompers from their mountain home, 'cuz Richwood is home to the longest continuously running festival celebrating ... Posted by Dave - 12/28/2022 - 1:47pm -
- Small-Town Newsman: 1942
- Sept. 1942. Richwood, West Virginia. "B.E. Thompson, editor of the Nicholas Republican , let his own son go to New York state to work in the harvest but feels the recruiting has interfered too ... tab model. - Dave]
The West Virginia Hillbilly Richwood was also the home of The West Virginia Hillbilly, a weekly (or ... Posted by Dave - 01/01/2023 - 5:01pm -
- Night Riders: 1942
- ... "Boys sleeping as best they can on special train from Richwood, West Virginia, to upper New York state to work in the harvest." 4x5 inch acetate negative by John Collier ... Posted by Dave - 01/02/2023 - 4:23pm -
- Tomato Express: 1942
- September 1942. Richwood, West Virginia. "Trainload of migratory workers (mostly high school ... members) in day coach bound for the harvest fields in New York state." Photo by John Collier for the Farm Security Administration. View ... Posted by Dave - 01/01/2023 - 6:43pm -
- Northward Bound: 1942
- September 1942. "Richwood, W. Va. Station scene at departure of men to help in the harvest in upstate New York." Photo by John Collier. View full size.
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Clothes Pins Ditto on the watermark. Richwood is a neat little town in the West Virginia mountains which was at one ... Posted by Dave - 04/06/2014 - 3:07pm -
- Field Trip: 1942
- ... the Farm Security Administration to travel to Upstate New York for the fall harvest of peaches, apples, tomatoes and other crops, part of ... "High school boys and girls going by special train from Richwood, West Virginia, to upper New York state to help bring in the harvest." ... Posted by Dave - 09/17/2013 - 10:27am -
- Little Feet: 1942
- September 1942. "Richwood, West Virginia. Hazel Friend and her son, Darriell, in front of their home. The family is traveling to Batavia, New York, to work in the harvest." Photo by John Collier, Office of War ... Posted by Dave - 06/27/2017 - 9:50pm -
- Our Excellent Adventure: 1942
- September 1942. "Richwood, West Virginia. Young men on train leaving for New York state, where they will help in the harvest of tomatoes, apples and other ... Posted by Dave - 03/12/2014 - 11:07am -
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