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TitleSpring cultivation at Seabrook Farms

Date Created1950

DescriptionSpring cultivation at Seabrook Farms, using the old fashioned method of cultivation with a horse and hand pushed plow.

Time PeriodPostwar Years (1945-1970)

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TitleA truck of asparagus

Date Created1939-1945

DescriptionA truck of asparagus being weighed at scale house. During asparagus season.

Time PeriodThe Great Depression and World War II (1929-1945)

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TitleYoung college students working on the corn line

Date Created1945-1946

DescriptionWhite officials in the South often prevented black agricultural laborers from migrating as seasonal laborers, and the agreement between Local 56, the STFU, and Seabrook Farms was described by Jack...

Time PeriodPostwar Years (1945-1970)

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TitleFlood victims reading local paper

Date Created1950

DescriptionResidents of Delaware Bay who were flooded out of their homes read about the recent disaster in the local newspaper. The Seabrook Farms Community House served as a shelter during flood relief efforts...

Time PeriodPostwar Years (1945-1970)

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TitleI remember Seabrook School

AuthorWoodruff, J. Alan

Date Created2000-03-03

DescriptionIn this "I remember," memoir, J. Alan Woodruff of Bridgeton, New Jersey, recalls his experiences of attending Seabrook schools and living near the Seabrook community. He believes that the influx of...

Time Period1944, 1949

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TitleJohn Emmons, Seabrook Farms

Date Created1950-1960

DescriptionJohn Emmons was one of the supervisors of the Freezing Department at Seabrook Farms. After produce was packaged, wrapped, and sorted on the marathon line, the cartons would then be moved to the giant...

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TitleSteam stack at Seabrook Farms

Date Created1950-1960

DescriptionThis steam stack is one example of the self-sufficient operations at Seabrook Farms. The Farms produced its own utilities, such as electricity and clean water. Steam was used for cooking and...

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TitleScale house at Seabrook Farms

Date Created1950-1959

DescriptionPictured is a plant truck parked at the scale house at Seabrook Farms. John Fuyuume explains: 'The trucks would drive onto the platform scale to be weighed fully loaded, and [then] after discharging...

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TitleCrop elevators at Seabrook Farms

Date Created1950-1959

DescriptionAfter samples were taken of freshly harvested crops, produce was delivered by elevators, or ladle chains, to the third floor for processing. Here, crops were washed, blanched, and sorted.

Time PeriodPostwar Years (1945-1970)

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TitleI remember Seabrook, 5th grade, 1944-45

AuthorLaws, Elaine Glendon

Date Created1994

DescriptionIn this "I remember" memoir, Elaine Glendon Laws recalls when elementary-aged Japanese students first arrived at Seabrook. Two fifth-grade classes were created to accommodate everyone. She remembers...

Time PeriodThe Great Depression and World War II (1929-1945), 1945, 1945