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Item information

Title:
Absenia Johnson and Aron Johnson with corn
Description:
Transcribed from information with negative: [left to right], Absenia Johnson and Aron Johnson, 4-H corn club members of Dawson 4-H Club, Route 1, Scotland Neck, N.C. The two brothers produced 80 bushels of corn on an acre.
Topics:
Agriculture
Community and Extension
Subjects:
African American boys
African American farmers
Corn -- Yields
Field crops
Original Format:
Black and white print (photograph)
Item identifier:
ua023_007-007-bx0025-008-006
Photographer:
Jones, Robert Earle, 1922-2000 more info on Jones, Robert Earle, 1922-2000 
Created Date:
Location:
Scotland Neck (N.C.)
Digital Project:
University Archives Photographs