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Listen: The World ProgramJamaican laborers in the field cutting cane by machete in Clewiston, Florida.
Image Number
C008844
Date Note
Photographed on December 10, 1947.
Rights
Collection
Department of Commerce collection
Geographic Term
Subject Term
Agricultural industries--Florida--Clewiston
Sugar cane workers
Occupations, Agricultural--Florida--Clewiston
Occupational groups--Florida--Clewiston
Ethnicity, Jamaican
Ethnicity, Latin American and Caribbean
Food industry and trade--Florida--Clewiston
Food additives industry--Florida--Clewiston
Sweetener industry--Florida--Clewiston
Sugar trade--Florida--Clewiston
Machetes
Agriculture--Florida--Clewiston
Sugar crops--Harvesting
Sugarcane--Harvesting
Jamaican Americans--Florida--Clewiston
Agricultural laborers
Sugarcane industry--Florida--Clewiston
Sugar cane workers
Occupations, Agricultural--Florida--Clewiston
Occupational groups--Florida--Clewiston
Ethnicity, Jamaican
Ethnicity, Latin American and Caribbean
Food industry and trade--Florida--Clewiston
Food additives industry--Florida--Clewiston
Sweetener industry--Florida--Clewiston
Sugar trade--Florida--Clewiston
Machetes
Agriculture--Florida--Clewiston
Sugar crops--Harvesting
Sugarcane--Harvesting
Jamaican Americans--Florida--Clewiston
Agricultural laborers
Sugarcane industry--Florida--Clewiston
Physical Description
1 photoprint - b&w - 4 x 5 in.
General Note
Accompanying note: "Field harvest, cutting: Cane is cut by hand with [machete] by Jamaican laborer and placed in piles to be picked up by field derrick."
Jamaican laborers in the field cutting cane by machete in Clewiston, Florida.
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