Weeding Onions

From the collections of PVMA • Digital image © Pocumtuck Valley Memorial Assoc. • Image use information

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Onions are grown on many farms in the Connecticut River Valley in Massachusetts.  In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, farmers employed newly-arrived immigrants from Eastern Europe to work their farms, such as the men and boy shown here, weeding.

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Item typePostcard
PhotographerForrest L. Stetson’s Electric Print
Date1913
PlaceSunderland, Massachusetts
TopicAgriculture, Farming
Immigration
Eastern European
EraProgressive Era, World War I, 1900–1928
MaterialPaper
Process/FormatPhotography; Printing
Catalog #1997.08.01.0036
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Forrest L. Stetson’s Electric Print, photographer. Weeding Onions. Photograph. 1913. Pocumtuck Valley Memorial Association, American Centuries. https://americancenturies.org/collection/1997-08-01-0036/. Accessed on December 7, 2024.

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