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African American worker placing cut cypress, for making ladders, on a rack - Bartow, Florida.

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Image Number

FS822190

Photographer

DeVane, Dwight, Collector.

Date

1980 (circa)

Collection

Folklife collection
Series 1577, Cypress Ladder Making ; no 15

Geographic Term

Bartow (Fla.)
Polk County (Fla.)

Subject Term

Industry, Ladder making
Industry, Timber
Occupational groups
Lumber
Drilling and boring machinery
Drilling and boring
Lumber trade--Florida--Polk County--Bartow
Lumbering--Florida--Polk County--Bartow
African American men--Florida--Polk County--Bartow
Occupations, Timber--Florida--Polk County--Bartow
Material culture--Florida--Polk County--Bartow

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African American worker placing cut cypress, for making ladders, on a rack - Bartow, Florida.

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African American worker placing cut cypress, for making ladders, on a rack - Bartow, Florida.

Subject

Industry, Ladder making

Industry, Timber

Occupational groups

Lumber

Drilling and boring machinery

Drilling and boring

Lumber trade--Florida--Polk County--Bartow

Lumbering--Florida--Polk County--Bartow

African American men--Florida--Polk County--Bartow

Occupations, Timber--Florida--Polk County--Bartow

Material culture--Florida--Polk County--Bartow

Creator

DeVane, Dwight, Collector.

Date

1980 (circa)

Identifier

FS822190

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Geographic Term

Bartow (Fla.)

Polk County (Fla.)

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color

Physical Description

1 slide - col.

Series Title

Folklife collection

Folklife Collection Series 1577, Cypress Ladder Making ; no 15

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Chicago Manual of Style

DeVane, Dwight, Collector. African American worker placing cut cypress, for making ladders, on a rack - Bartow, Florida. 1980 (circa). State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory. <https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/120951>, accessed 26 June 2022.

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DeVane, Dwight, Collector. African American worker placing cut cypress, for making ladders, on a rack - Bartow, Florida. 1980 (circa). State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory. Accessed 26 Jun. 2022.<https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/120951>

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