File:Boll weevil monument.jpg
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English: The Boll Weevil Monument in Enterprise, Alabama. "After the boll weevil destroyed (1910-15) the area's cotton, locals began diversified farming. In gratitude for the resulting prosperity, the city erected a monument to the boll weevil in 1919." [from The Columbia Encyclopedia, 3rd ed., s.v. Enterprise."] Series VII.1, Photographs, Box 7.1/3, file "II. Photographs--Boll Weevil Monument, Alabama," USDA History Collection, Special Collections, National Agricultural Library.
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| Date | Monument, 1919. Photo, likely 1940s. | ||
| Source | https://www.nal.usda.gov/exhibits/speccoll/files/original/e206a9e12a57032e9bbc6add4b02d4ae.jpg as linked by and thumbnailed on https://www.nal.usda.gov/exhibits/speccoll/items/show/1060 | ||
| Author | USDA | ||
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| current | 13:07, 15 August 2017 | | 1,500 × 1,853 (711 KB) | Jeff G. | Reverted to version as of 01:03, 10 June 2017 (UTC) see my user talk page |
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