Bedspring peanut pickers
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| Type: | Black-and-white photographs |
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| Title: | Bedspring peanut pickers |
| Date: | 1933-1937 |
| Description: | Photograph showing Naomi Woodroof, an early pioneer in peanut research, using bedsprings to separate peanuts from the plant during harvest. A man sits across from her and assists her in this work. They sit on benches placed in a field. This was one of the many innovations introduced by Woodroof. Woodroof worked at the Coastal Plain Experiment Station in Tifton from 1933 to 1967. |
| Subjects: | Biologists--Georgia--Tifton | Women biologists--Georgia--Tifton | Women botanists--Georgia--Tifton | Botanists--Georgia--Tifton | Plants--Georgia--Tifton | Crops--Georgia--Tifton | Agriculture--Georgia--Tifton | Trees--Georgia--Tifton | Springs (Mechanism) | Beds | Peanuts--Processing--Georgia--Tifton | Coastal Plain Experiment Station | Woodroof, Naomi C. | Tifton (Ga.) | Tift County (Ga.) |
| Contributors: | New Georgia Encyclopedia |
| Rights and Usage: | Courtesy of Jane Woodroof Akers. |
| Related Materials: | http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/nge/Article.jsp?id=h-3719 | http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/nge/Article.jsp?id=h-1006 | Forms part of: New Georgia Encyclopedia |
| Persistent Link to Item: | http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/nge/Multimedia.jsp?id=m-5571 |
| Related Institutions: | New Georgia Encyclopedia (Project) |
| Collection Information: | New Georgia Encyclopedia |