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Cutting Sugar Cane, Florida, c. 1910

Men and boys cutting sugar cane.

Florida Artistic Series.

A detail of postcard Thurlow-2026-019-PC1-073a

Tags Agricultural laborers, Sugar industry

Cutting Sugar Cane in Florida, c. 1910

Men and boys cutting sugar cane.

Tags Agricultural laborers, Sugar industry

A Sugar Cane Mill in Florida, c. 1907

Man operating a sugar mill powered by a mule, assisted by two children.

Minimally divided back (division required after 1907)

Tags African Americans, Sugar industry

'An Old Residenter' A Florida Sugar Cane Mill, c. 1908

Sugar mill in a fenced yard or pen.

The Hugh C. Leighton Company (established c. 1905) merged with Valentine & Sons to become Leighton and Valentine Co. in 1909.

Tags Sugar industry

Sugar Cane Grinding on a Florida Plantation, c. 1909

Man monitors a grinding machine powered by a horse.

Florida Artistic Series. Another version of this image was postmarked 1906.

Tags African Americans, Horses, Sugar industry, Sugarcane

Sugar boiling operation, c. 1879

Workers congregate around an open air building for sugar cane boiling activities.

Tags Buildings, Sugar industry, Sugarcane

Clewiston sugar mill, 1960

View of industrial machinery at the Clewiston sugar mill.

Tags Factory workers, Industrial facilities, Interiors, Sugar industry

Clewiston sugar mill, 1960

View of industrial machinery at the Clewiston sugar mill.

Tags Industrial facilities, Interiors, Machinery, Sugar industry

Tour at Clewiston sugar mill, 1960

Several people tour the Clewiston sugar mill. According to several Florida newspapers, the mill was a popular tourist attraction during the 1950s and 1960s.

Tags Interiors, Sugar industry