Jeffersontown, Kentucky. The Jefferson County community cannery, started by the WPA (Work Projects Administration), now conducted by the state (?) vocational education department. Women pay three cents each for cans and two cents per can for use of the pressure cooker. Mrs. Thelma Farmer(left), of t

Jeffersontown, Kentucky. The Jefferson County community cannery, started by the WPA (Work Projects Administration), now conducted by the state (?) vocational education department. Women pay three cents each for cans and two cents per can for use of the pressure cooker. Women preparing cans to be hea

Jeffersontown, Kentucky. The Jefferson County community cannery, started by the WPA (Work Projects Administration), now conducted by the state(?) vocational education department. Women pay three cents for each can and two cents per can for use of the pressure cooker. Some of the women who bring thei

Cincinnati, Ohio. Preparing canned pork (Russian: "svinaia tushonka") for lend-lease shipment to the USSR at the Kroger grocery and baking company. Inspectors see each can after it comes out of the pressure cooker, where the pork is cooked for two and one-half hours at 160 to 250 degrees. Left to ri

Women in war. Summer canning workers. Why tin cans should be saved. To assure adequate civilian supply of canned produce in the future, householders are urged to save their used cans and turn them in to their local collection agencies, which will send them to detinning mills. Reclaimed metals from t

Women in war. Summer canning workers. Food to make America strong. Women near Rochelle, Illinois, many of them schoolteachers and pupils, work in asparagus canning factories during the summer months

Ada Turner and Evelyn M. Driver Home Management

Harlingen, Texas. FSA (Farm Security Administration) camp. Canning grapefruit for hot weather use. Community kitchen Creator(s): Rothstein, Arthur, 1915-1985, photographer Date Created/Published: 1942 Feb. Medium:; 3 1/4 x 4 1/4 inches or smaller.

Community Cannery, Asheville, N.C.