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About this photograph

Photograph by Lyntha Scott Eiler for the American Folklife Center, Library of Congress.

Date created
June 27, 1996
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, Archive of Folk Culture, American Folklife Center

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hoes hanging on a rack

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Handmade hoes from twentieth-century West Virginia. The center hoe was made to be used in the raised areas in which sweet potatoes are grown, and the smallest hoe is used between rows of beets and onions.