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Agents in training to can tomatoes and green beans. The canner is the popular Flowers model manufactured in Hickory [North Carolina]. The can with the label is a 4-H brand for green beans

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Seven women and two extension agents were photographed during a lesson on canning (ca. 1920-1929.) The canner depicted was a popular Flowers model manufactured in Hickory, North Carolina. The can with the label was a 4-H brand for green beans.

A group of Little River Club women working for certificates in Food Preservation

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This photograph (ca. 1920-1929) depcits four women who took a lesson on steam pressure and worked towards certificates in food preservation.

Front view, back view, and side view and of a young boy standing

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Front, back, and side view of a young boy used in nutrition demonstrations.

Little Eck Sims being examined in Brevard during Baby Welfare Week - about 53 babies examined and mothers advised

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Little Eck Sims was examined during Baby Welfare Week. About fifty-three babies and mothers were examined and advised throughout the week.

Group of women and one man sewing a mattress together, 1940-1941

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This image of club members gathered together demonstrates how demonstration clubs formed communities through service.

Rockingham County - April 27, 1940. Annie Soweor of the Ruffin 4-H Club in Rockingham County - [?] as the most outstanding club girl in the county in 1939

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In 1940, Annie Soweor earned the tiitle of "Most Outstanding Club Girl" in Rockingham County. The Extension Service employed competitions that created strong and hard working rural leaders in North Carolina.

African-American boy weaves seat caning onto a chair, Guilford County, North Carolina, September 1937

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A 4-H club member is photographed while weaving seat caning onto a chair in Guilford County, North Carolina in September, 1937.

Instructor teaching a group of boys about plumbing at North Carolina State 4-H Short Course, 1932

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An instructor is photographed training early and late teenage boys about plumbing during a NC State Short Course.

Instruction in foundation or dress patterns given to home demonstation club members on the porch of a house, 1930s.

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This photograph depicts instruction in foundation or dress patterns on the porch of a house (ca. 1930-1939.)

Timeline - 4-H club work among negro youth in North Carolina

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This is a timeline created for the golden anniversary celebration of 4-h club work in 1959 marking achievements in African American agricultural extension in North Carolina.