Tomato packing houses and fields, circa 1897-1930

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|a Tomato packing houses and fields, circa 1897-1930 |h [electronic resource].

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|a 9 photos. : |b black and white.

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|a Tomatoes were one of the biggest crops on reclaimed lands. Thomas J. Peters was nicknamed the Tomato King.

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|a Electronic reproduction. Miami, Fla. : Reclaiming the Everglades, c2000. Mode of access: World Wide Web. System requirements: Internet connectivity; Web browser software. Digitized from photographs at the Historical Museum of Southern Florida, Miami, Florida.

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|a Please contact the owning institution for licensing and permissions. It is the users responsibility to ensure use does not violate any third party rights.

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|a Photographs of the Thomas J. Peters tomato farm, Peters (South Dade, Fla.): 1. "This building was lived in by members of the [Thomas J.] Peters family before 1900, when they were starting the tomato deal." House is made of barrel staves. ca. 1897. HMSF no. 1979-28-2. -- 2. Peters tomato packing house, crew, and small steam locomotive used to haul tomatoes to Cutler. 1902? HMSF no. 1979-28-6. -- 3. "The wooden track railroad was used first about the turn of the century. The cars were pulled with mules from Peters to Cutler, a distance of some 4 miles. They could move about 2 cars per day, or no more than 1,000 crates of tomatoes. 1902?

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|a Photographs of tomato packing houses and fields in Miami-Dade County (Fla.): 4. Interior of John Peden's tomato packing house, present-day Miami Shores. ca. 1905. HMSF no. 1979-48-15. -- 5. Packing houses along Arch Creek siding. Kalch-Burr packing house in foreground. ca. 1913. HMSF no. 1980-145-3. -- 6. Tomato field, Biscayne Park , ca. 1910. HMSF no. 1980-23-8. - 7. John Frohock tomato field, Fulford. Black Bahamian laborers. Mule-drawn wagon. ca. 1905. HMSF no. 1980-23-8.

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|a Photographs by Claude C. Matlack: 8. -- Vegetable fields near Belle Glade. 1929. HMSF no. 290-31. -- 9. Crate Label: "Log Cabin Brand. Collier & Dade County. Florida Tomatoes. Webb Trading Company. Everglades, Florida." HMSF no. 116-44-1.

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|a HistoryMiami.

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|a Peters, Thomas J.

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|a Agriculture--Florida.

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|a Arch Creek (Fla.).

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|a Belle Glade (Fla.).

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|a Cutler (Fla.).

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|a Everglades (Fla.)--Photographs.

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|a Miami Shores (Fla.).

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|a Peters (Fla.).

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|a Matlack, Claude Carson, 1878-1944.. |4 ctb

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|a Everglades Digital Library: Reclaiming the Everglades.

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