Printing press

About this photograph

Detroit Publishing Company Photograph Collection. Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division.

Date created

1900–1910

License

This work is believed to be in the public domain. Users are advised to make their own copyright assessment and to understand their rights to fair use.

Source

Original image housed by Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington

See this photograph in context

• Farmville's choice: In this lesson, students will learn about rural life in North Carolina at the turn of the century. Home demonstration and 4H clubs implemented many programs to help people learn better farming techniques, ways of preserving food, and taking care of the home. Several North Carolina leaders went to great lengths to ensure the success of these programs. In part of this activity, students help the town of Farmville dedicate a monument to one of those people. (Page 4.2)

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In this black and white photograph a man are working at a Richmond & Backus Company printing press. Two other men are working in the background.