Drought Hits Farmlands Near New York -- John DeMonaco (left), a Hicksville, L, I., farmer, holding a normal cabbage plant, while Orson Cannon of the Nassau farm bureau's research staff is pictured with a shriveled plant from an average Long Island patch this year. A survey of the drought in and near the metropolitan area showed that conditions on farms were rapidly becoming more serious.

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Title:
Drought Hits Farmlands Near New York -- John DeMonaco (left), a Hicksville, L, I., farmer, holding a normal cabbage plant, while Orson Cannon of the Nassau farm bureau's research staff is pictured with a shriveled plant from an average Long Island patch this year. A survey of the drought in and near the metropolitan area showed that conditions on farms were rapidly becoming more serious.
Description:
[Information from item housing] Weather: Drought: Wire Photos
Photographer:
Wide World Photos, Inc.
Name on Item:
Wide World Photo
Date:
[ca. July 1939]
Format:
Photographs
Genre:
Photographic prints
Location:
Boston Public Library
Arts Department
Collection (local):
Boston Herald-Traveler Photo Morgue
Subjects:
Droughts
Extent:
1 photograph : print ; sheet 183 x 231 mm
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/ht250t108
Terms of Use:
Rights status not evaluated.
All rights reserved.
Language:
English
Notes:
Title(s) from item.
[Additional information from item] Weather Drought.
Preferred Citation:
Boston Herald-Traveler Photo Morgue, Boston Public Library
Notes (acquisition):
Gift; Boston University, College of Communication, 1977/1978.
Notes (date):
Date from item.
Identifier:
22_10_001480_0039
Barcode:
39999088103716