Farmers pulling rice seedlings, 1947
Item — Box: 1, item: G-95
Agricultural workers pulling rice seedlings to transplant to the rice paddies or "tamboes." Description provided by photographer Roy Simonson reads: "The pulling of rice seedlings from the beds for transplanting to the "tamboes" where the crop is grown to maturity. Work is normally done by barefoot women and girls with few men. Clumps of seedlings have from 20 to 30 plants held together by mud."
Dates
- Creation: 1947
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Language of Materials
English
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Library Details
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University of Maryland Libraries
Hornbake Library
4130 Campus Drive
College Park Maryland 20742
301-405-9212
askhornbake@umd.edu