New use for surplus cotton. Washington, D.C., Sept. 1st. In connection with the program of the A.A.A. to divert surplus cotton from the normal channels of trade for the purpose of developing new commercial uses for cotton and cotton materials, apiculturists of the Dept. of Agriculture at the Beltsvi
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"New use for surplus cotton. Washington, D.C., Sept. 1st. In connection with the program of the A.A.A. to divert surplus cotton from the normal channels of trade for the purpose of developing new commercial uses for cotton and cotton materials, apiculturists of the Dept. of Agriculture at the Beltsvi" (1938). Harris & Ewing. Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, via Wikimedia Commons. Public domain. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:New_use_for_surplus_cotton._Washington,_D.C.,_Sept._1st._In_connection_with_the_program_of_the_A.A.A._to_divert_surplus_cotton_from_the_normal_channels_of_trade_for_the_purpose_of_developing_LCCN2016873998.jpgNeed photos for a whole script? Add Find Any Photo to Claude and ask for this one by its id: 290541.
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