Agriculture. Women on farms. There's a feminine hand at the controls of many of America's activities these days. Like many other farm wives whose husbands are engaged in war work, Mrs. William Wood manages a 120 acre farm in Colona, Michigan, with little male assistance. With a crop of corn, tomatoe
- Date
- 1942–1943
- Photographer / author
- Related Names: United States. Office of War Information.
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- FSA/OWI
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- Library of Congress (via Wikimedia Commons)
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- photograph
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- 767 × 1,024 pixels
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"Agriculture. Women on farms. There's a feminine hand at the controls of many of America's activities these days. Like many other farm wives whose husbands are engaged in war work, Mrs. William Wood manages a 120 acre farm in Colona, Michigan, with little male assistance. With a crop of corn, tomatoe" (1942–1943). Related Names: United States. Office of War Information.. Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, via Wikimedia Commons. Public domain. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:There%27s_a_feminine_hand_at_the_controls_of_many_of_America%27s_activities_these_days_8b07415v.jpgNeed photos for a whole script? Add Find Any Photo to Claude and ask for this one by its id: 125942.
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