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

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

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

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.

Demonstration of first-aid for swimmers

A man was photographed while demonstrating first-aid for swimmers to group of young men and women (ca. 1920-1929.)

Cook with milk! A quart a day per child

This photograph depicts a home demonstration by Mrs. Jonathan Danson in Duplin County, North Carolina. Mrs. Jonathan Danson educated rural women on how and why to cook with milk.