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First Official Duty of the New Secretary of Agriculture

2013-1070
Accession Number
2013-1070
8x10 inches (21x26 cm)
Black & White
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NAID 348540386
Related Collection
Brannan, Charles F. Papers
Keywords
Agriculture
Cabinet officers
People Pictured
Brannan, Charles F. (Charles Franklin), 1903-1992
Burkhead, Charles Edwin, 1905-1993
Koenig, Nathan, 1907-1991
Pallesen, J. E. (Jasper Earl), 1907-1984
Callander, William F. (William Forrest), 1880-1968
Paxton, Edward C.
Tetro, Robert C.
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Credit:
Department of Agriculture

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Description
One of the first official duties of the newly appointed Secretary of Agriculture Charles Brannan (first row, center) was to sign the second largest wheat crop in history. Pictured: (front row, left to right) Nathan Koenig, Executive Assistant to the Secretary of Agriculture' Secretary Brannan; and William F. Callander, Chairman of the Federal Crop Reporting Board. (back row, left to right) Robert C. Tetro, Secretary of Outlook and Situation Board; Edward Paxton, Statistician for the State of Utah; J.E. Palleson, Secretary of the Board; Charles E. Burkhead, Head of Field Crops Statistics; and unidentified member of the Board.
Date(s)
June 1948