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This photograph depicts a white female agricultural student in the field. She is setting traps for Boll Weevils.

This photograph depicts the North Carolina College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts freshman class of 1909 posting with agricultural machinery. The class is composed of all white males, which proves that NCC A&M catered to the educational advancement…

This informational pamphlet informs high school students about the career opportunites made possible with an Associate's degree from the Agricultural Institute. Students could choose from the followiing majors: Farm Equipment Sales and Service, Field…

A portrait of Leonidas L. Polk. He was instrumental in the creation of North Carolina State University.

This is a black and white photograph of men transplanting tobacco seedlings in a field.

A black and white photograph of African-American farmers using a tractor and modern machinery to mechanize the tobacco transplanting process.

This is a black and white photograph of an African-American farm laborer hand harvesting tobacco leaves.

This is a black and white photograph of a farmers controlling a mule drawn sled. They are using draft power to harvest tobacco leaves.

This is a black and white photograph of African-American farm laborers harvesting tobacco leaves. The laborers are men, women, and a child. Note also their reliance on draft power in the background of the photograph.

This black and white photograph shows African-American women preparing and processing tobacco by hand, a method that is rarely used today.