Sujet

Ruins of an early sugar mill, Orange City, Volusia Co., Florida, between 1936 and 1939. Creator: Frances Benjamin Johnston.

Légende

Ruins of an early sugar mill, Orange City, Volusia Co., Florida, between 1936 and 1939. (Such machines were used on slave plantations to process sugar. The slaves would feed lengths of cane between the rotating drums to squeeze out the juice. This was exhausting and dangerous work, and white overseers wouldn't necessarily stop the machine if a hand or arm was crushed between the rollers).

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art

Notre référence

HRM22B07_037

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

29,3Mo (5,8Mo) / 30,2cm x 24,3cm / 3571 x 2866 (300dpi)

Mots clés

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