Advertisement for the Food Stamp Plan dating from 1941. The advertisement explains that the Food Stamp Plan, operated by the United States Dept. of Agriculture in conjunction with local agencies and businesses, distributes surplus farm and food...
Merchant ships--Maryland--Baltimore; Loading and unloading--Maryland--Baltimore; African American men--Maryland--Baltimore; Banana trade--Maryland--Baltimore; Food inspectors--Maryland--Baltimore; United Fruit Company
Sepia-toned photograph of bananas being unloaded from a United Fruit Company boat docked at Pratt Street in Baltimore, Maryland. United States Department of Agriculture Inspector John F. Earnshaw (taller Caucasian man dressed in a suit, white...
Artists--Maryland--Baltimore; Drawing; United States. Works Projects Administration; United States. Works Progress Administration; Writers' Program (U.S.); Agriculture;
Pen and ink drawing by Aaron Sopher of two workers in a field of crops. Both men hold rakes or hoes. In the background a barn and silos are visible. The drawing was created as an illustration for "Maryland, A Guide to the Old Line State" (published...
Artists--Maryland--Baltimore; Drawing; United States. Works Projects Administration; United States. Works Progress Administration; Writers' Program (U.S.); Agriculture;
Pen and ink drawing by Aaron Sopher of two workers in a field. In the foreground of the drawing, a man is shown in profile kneeling in a bed of crops. In the background, a man carrying a basket on his shoulder is shown from behind. The drawing was...
United States. Works Progress Administration.; College Park (Md.); Prince George's County (Md.); University of Maryland at College Park. College of Agriculture.; Dairy barns;
Photograph documenting WPA Project Number 283. Typed text on label on back of photograph reads: "Works Progress Administration of Maryland, Division of Operations. College Park, Prince George's County. Demolition and rebuilding dairy barns at the...
United States. Works Progress Administration.; College Park (Md.); Prince George's County (Md.); University of Maryland at College Park. College of Agriculture.; Dairy barns;
Photograph documenting WPA Project Number 283. Typed text on label on back of photograph reads: "Works Progress Administration of Maryland, Division of Operations. College Park, Prince George's County. Demolition and rebuilding of dairy barns at...
United States. Works Progress Administration.; College Park (Md.); Prince George's County (Md.); University of Maryland at College Park. College of Agriculture.; Dairy barns;
Photograph documenting WPA Project Number 283. Typed text on label on back of photograph reads: "Works Progress Administration of Maryland, Division of Operations. College Park, Prince George's County. Demolition and rebuilding dairy and rebuilding...
Agriculture--United States; Freedom; Fund raising; Savings bonds--United States; War posters, American; World War, 1939-1945--Posters--United States;
Color poster from a painting by John Steuart Curry (1897-1946) that shows an American farmer and his two playful children standing in a wheat field, with the words "Our good earth ... keep it ours" appearing in the clouds above and to the left of...
Agriculture--United States; United States Employment Service; United States. Extension Service; War posters, American; World War, 1939-1945--Food supply--United States; World War, 1939-1945--Posters--United States; World War, 1939-1945--War...
Color poster by Morgan Douglas that shows a man holding a pitch fork and standing behind a woman carrying a basket full of fresh vegetables, both of whom are dressed in bib-and-brace overalls and straw hats. In the sky above their heads are the...
Agriculture--United States; United States. Extension Service; War posters, American; Women; Women's Land Army of America; World War, 1939-1945--Posters--United States; World War, 1939-1945--War work--United States;
Color poster of women at work in a variety of agricultural jobs, including feeding chickens, milking a cow, driving a tractor, and picking vegetables, as members of the Women's Land Army (WLA). The full caption for this poster reads as follows:...
World War, 1939-1945; Victory gardens; Agriculture--Competitions;
Pamphlet for the 1944 Statewide Big Vegetable Contest, organized by the Maryland Victory Garden Committee. The pamphlet includes the rules for the contest, information about contest judges, prize winnings, and an entry blank. According to the...
World War, 1939-1945--Economic aspects;
World War, 1939-1945--Social aspects;
World War, 1939-1945--War Work--Maryland;
Printed copy of address titled "Maryland's Contribution to the War Effort." The address was given by Maj. Gen. Milton A. Reckord at the Maryland Historical Society on January 11, 1943. In the address, Reckord describes the state's wartime...
World War, 1939-1945--Economic aspects; Agriculture--Maryland; Farms--Maryland; Rationing;
Letter dating from 1945 from Southern Farms in Walkersville, Maryland informing their customers that they will have to close early for the summer season and discontinue shipping due to a shortage of hogs.
World War, 1939-1945; Award presentations; Food industry--Maryland; S.E.W. Friel Company (Queenstown, Md.);
Program for the presentation of the War Food Administration Achievement "A" Award to the workers of S.E.W. Friel, Queenstown and Wye Mills Plants, on March 17, 1945 at the Centreville Armory in Centreville, Maryland. The program includes images of...
World War, 1939-1945--Food supply; Award presentations; Seafood industry--Maryland.; Tilghman Packing Company (Tilghman, Md.)
Program for the presentation of the War Food Administration Achievement "A" Award to the workers of the Tilghman Packing Company in Tilghman, Maryland on August 12, 1944. The program includes the text of letters exchanged between the War Food...
Foldout pamphlet titled "Take Care of Household Rubber" dating from October 1942. The pamphlet includes information on how to care for, patch, and repair household rubber products, including: boots and galoshes; clothing made from rubber thread;...
Artists--Maryland--Baltimore; Drawing; United States. Works Projects Administration; United States. Works Progress Administration; Writers' Program (U.S.); Agriculture; Harvesting;
Pen and ink and crayon drawing by Aaron Sopher of workers in a field during a harvest. Signed and dated by the artist in the bottom right corner.
Artists--Maryland--Baltimore; Drawing; United States. Works Projects Administration; United States. Works Progress Administration; Writers' Program (U.S.); Demeter (Greek deity); Mythology, Greek;
Pen and ink drawing by Aaron Sopher of the Greek goddess Demeter. In the foreground, Demeter lies sleeping in a field. She is partially clothed and a lit torch is on the ground in front of her. Behind her, the figure of a small man is shown from...
Artists--Maryland--Baltimore; Drawing; United States. Works Projects Administration; United States. Works Progress Administration; Writers' Program (U.S.); Demeter (Greek deity); Mythology, Greek;
Pen and ink drawing by Aaron Sopher of the Greek goddess Demeter. In the foreground, Demeter lies partially clothed with a lit torch on the ground in front of her. Although she appears to be in repose, one of her eyes is open and looks back toward...
