Home Demonstration pioneer Jane S. McKimmon with agent Ruth Current and actress Jane Darwell for radio dramatization of McKimmon's life

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Title:
Home Demonstration pioneer Jane S. McKimmon with agent Ruth Current and actress Jane Darwell for radio dramatization of McKimmon's life
Description:
North Carolina State College alumna and Home Demonstration pioneer Jane S. McKimmon (right) in New York for the radio dramatization of her life story "When We're Green We Grow" on NBC's "Cavalcade of America," posing with her successor, State Home Demonstration Agent Ruth Current (left), and Academy Award winning actress Jane Darwell. Photography by Jay Seymour Studios, New York, NY; May 1949
Topics:
Community and Extension
Subjects:
Actresses
Home demonstration work
Home economics extension workers
Performances
Radio plays
Women -- History
Original Format:
Black and white print (photograph)
Extent:
8 x 10 in.
Item identifier:
0000039
Photographer:
Jay Seymour Studios more info on Jay Seymour Studios 
Created Date:
Genre:
Group portraits
Names:
McKimmon, Jane S. more info on McKimmon, Jane S., 1867-1957 
Current, Ruth Augusta, 1901-1967 more info on Current, Ruth Augusta, 1901-1967 
Darwell, Jane, 1880-1967 more info on Darwell, Jane, 1880-1967 
North Carolina Agricultural Extension Service. Home Demonstration Program more info on North Carolina Agricultural Extension Service. Home Demonstration Program 
North Carolina State University -- Administration more info on North Carolina State University -- Administration 
Location:
New York (N.Y.)
Digital Project:
Green 'N' Growing

Source information

Repository:
Special Collections Research Center at NC State University Libraries
Collection:
University Archives Photograph Collection. Home Demonstration Work (UA023.009) held by Special Collections Research Center at NC State University Libraries
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Rights:
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Funding:
Digitization of this image was partially supported with federal Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) funds made possible through a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services, and administered by the State Library of North Carolina, a division of the Department of Cultural Resources.