Farmers

This is a photograph of a group of workers harvesting sugar-beets on a collective farm in the Ukraine. Note on the back of the photograph reads: "Ukrainian sugar-beet harvesters."

The first corn reduction check, Des Moines, Iowa. Secretary of Agriculture Henry Wallace (right) presents it. In November, Secretary of Agriculture Henry Wallace spent $100,000,000 of his $500,000,000 corn-hog money in his native state, Iowa. From: Photos used in the 1984 Truman Centennial Exhibit. This photo is from the Franklin D. Roosevelt Library.

Men and women working in fields of a Jewish settlement. From: Photos used in the 1984 Truman Centennial Exhibit. Stereographic Photo. Library of Congress Photo Number: LC-M3201-2057, Matson Collection. Library of Congress Photo No. LC-M32-205

President Harry S. Truman (center) shakes hands with Mr. John Oeser of Westside, Iowa, who won the title of 1945's "Typical Midwest Farmer" (right). Mrs. John Oeser is on the left. From the scrapbooks of Matt Connelly, Vol 2.

President Harry S. Truman receives some of the National Officers of the Future Farmers of America. From left to right are Virgil Getto, Eugene Starkey, President Harry S. Truman, J. Clyndon Stuff, Joseph E. Espey, and Marion Baumgardner. From the scrapbooks of Matt Connelly, Vol 2.

Cattle and workers on a farm at Ebetsu in Hokkaido, Japan

Unidentified men and a cow on a farm at Ebetsu in Hokkaido, Japan. Scanned from original negative.

Cattle and unidentified man in a suit on a farm at Ebetsu in Hokkaido, Japan. Scanned from original negative.

Under Secretary of Commerce Franklin D. Roosevelt Jr. and unidentified men look at a cow on a farm at Ebetsu in Hokkaido, Japan. Scanned from original negative.

An unidentified farmer receives his mail from the postman, somewhere in Japan. From the album "Mail Service of Japan," edited by Tokyo Motion Picture Company.