Howard Langfitt Farm Families of the Week Photographs
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Preferred Citation
Langfitt Farm Families of the Week, Special Collections Department, Mississippi State University
Description
Joe Sharp family farm; multiple views. Farm of 305 acres located just north of Silver Creek, MS. Joe Sharp is MSU alumnus. Lawrence Co. agent Marcus W. Peterson and Lawrence Co. supervisor of the Farmers Home Administration assisted with selection of farm family. Film negatives shown with interviews with families on the """"Farm Family of the Week"""" segment of the WLBT-TV program """"RFD Televisit"""", hosted by Howard Langfitt. Collection also contains script of the interviews in most cases.
Contributor(s)
WLBT-TV (Television station: Jackson, Miss.); A digitization project sponsored by the Consortium for the History of Agricultural and Rural Mississippi (CHARM).
Date
1950
Geographic Location
Lawrence County (Miss.)
Time Period
1950-1959
Object Type
stillimage
Format (Original)
1 photograph: b&w; 2.5 x 3.7 cm.; 35 mm.
Format (Digital)
JPEG
Digital ID
MSUMandivHLFFWSharpHouseFarm1
Physical ID
469-275
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Source
Mississippi State University Libraries, Special Collections Department, Manuscripts Division, Langfitt (Howard) Farm Family of the Week Collection
Digital Publisher
Mississippi State University Libraries (electronic version).
Rights
Copyright protected by Mississippi State University Libraries. Use of materials from this collection beyond the exceptions provided for in the Fair Use and Educational Use clauses of the U.S. Copyright Law may violate federal law. Permission to publish or reproduce is required.
Contact Information
For more information about the contents of this collection, email sp_coll@library.msstate.edu.