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Aerial Photos. Springdale Farm. Dec. 1949. USDA aerial photo looks down on Anderson Carter Blake farm 3 1/2 years after his death. Carter Blake Jr. took over the old system of share-cropping by black tenants, purchased a Case tractor, and operated the 240 acre farm mostly by himself--inaugurating a switch to more modern methods. Carter Blake Jr. produced good yields of cotton and sweet potatoes, and tended a herd of beef cattle. He won a production award from the Miss. Cooperative Extension service for his top ranking cotton crop in his size of farm classification. He also worked as Rt. 1 rural mail carrier at Pocahontas. Later he rented out his farmland and went into the sale of insurance and health products." Aerial photograph.
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Aerial Photos. Springdale Farm. Dec. 1949. USDA aerial photo looks down on Anderson Carter Blake farm 3 1/2 years after his death. Carter Blake Jr. took over the old system of share-cropping by black tenants, purchased a Case tractor, and operated the 240 acre farm mostly by himself--inaugurating a switch to more modern methods. Carter Blake Jr. produced good yields of cotton and sweet potatoes, and tended a herd of beef cattle. He won a production award from the Miss. Cooperative Extension service for his top ranking cotton crop in his size of farm classification. He also worked as Rt. 1 rural mail carrier at Pocahontas. Later he rented out his farmland and went into the sale of insurance and health products." Aerial photograph.
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- Item: 23
- Description: Aerial Photos. Springdale Farm. Dec. 1949. USDA aerial photo looks down on Anderson Carter Blake farm 3 1/2 years after his death. Carter Blake Jr. took over the old system of share-cropping by black tenants, purchased a Case tractor, and operated the 240 acre farm mostly by himself--inaugurating a switch to more modern methods. Carter Blake Jr. produced good yields of cotton and sweet potatoes, and tended a herd of beef cattle. He won a production award from the Miss. Cooperative Extension service for his top ranking cotton crop in his size of farm classification. He also worked as Rt. 1 rural mail carrier at Pocahontas. Later he rented out his farmland and went into the sale of insurance and health products." Aerial photograph.
- Creator(s): USDA
- Date: 1949-12
- City/State: Pocahontas, Mississippi
- County: Hinds County
- Call Number: PI/2014.0007/Series I
- Filename: 123688-photo.tif