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Ruskin Farm Photos

Description
A large collection of Ruskin Farm Photos provided by the Dickman family. Pay particular attention to the photos relating to pre-packing of vegetables before shipment as this was, perhaps, Paul B. Dickman's greatest contribution to the farming industry was in the pioneering of Prepackaged vegetables designed to cut out wholesale middlemen and get products in the customers' hands more efficiently and quickly. These photos depict many aspects of that process.
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Cattle on Dickman Farm

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Type: Still Image
Year: 1951, 1951
Member of: Ruskin Farm Photos
Publisher: Burgert Brothers
Description: 1951 Photo of cattle grazing on Dickman Farms. The primary ranch, Bar-D-Bar was south of Ruskin and north of the Little Manatee River, although some cattle was also grazed in lands that would become Apollo Beach beginning in 1959.
Full Text: Burgert Brothers … http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-NC/1.0/ …

Loading Trucks 2

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Type: Still Image
Member of: Ruskin Farm Photos
Description: Workers loading boxed vegetables onto truck for shipment.
Full Text: http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NKC/1.0/ …

Champion's Spark Plug Ad Featuring Dickman Farms 1954

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Type: Still Image
Year: 1954, 1954
Member of: Ruskin Farm Photos
Publisher: MacManus, John & Adams, Inc.
Description: This Champions Spark Plug ad was created for inclusion in Farm Magazines in 1954. The ad highlights the significant contributions of the Dickman Farms, well illustrating both the vegetable farming and the cattle ranching aspects of the farm. Very good descriptions on the benefits of prepacking fresh vegetables as well as sourcing of silage for cattle feeding.
Full Text: MacManus, John & Adams, Inc. … http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/UND/1.0/ …

Tomato Processing Plant Overview

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Type: Still Image
Member of: Ruskin Farm Photos
Description: Wide view of tomato processing plant. Note, in comparison, that the majority of work was by hand processing rather than machine processing. Given the more fragile nature of tomato processing is likely one reason that Dickman moved away from tomato processing in the 1950s to concentrate more on prepacked salad vegetables and cattle ranching.
Full Text: http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NKC/1.0/ …

Packing Photo #002 Harvest Party

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Type: Still Image
Member of: Ruskin Farm Photos
Description: From Reverse side of photo: Farm Party of 300 employees following harvest
Full Text: http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NKC/1.0/ …

Packing Photo #013 Washing Broccoli

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Type: Still Image
Member of: Ruskin Farm Photos
Description: Packing Production Line: Washing broccoli just arrived from the fields

Packing Photo #004 Clearing Out Deliver Chutes

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Type: Still Image
Member of: Ruskin Farm Photos
Description: As vegetables were delivered from the fields to production lines, delivery chutes would occasionally become clogged with vegetable matter, requiring hand removal of stuck pieces.
Full Text: http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NKC/1.0/ …

The Lab: Testing Sugar Content and Packing

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Type: Still Image
Member of: Ruskin Farm Photos
Description: Reverse Side of Photo says: "The Lab" Tests sugar Content and Wrapping. There is a notation USDA and UFLA, but the context is not apparent. It could be that these testers are from the United States Department of Agriculture and the University of Florida, but they may also be Dickman farm employees testing against standards issued by those organizations. more
Full Text: http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NKC/1.0/ …

Packing Photo #001 Processing Plant

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Type: Still Image
Member of: Ruskin Farm Photos
Description: Aerial Photo of Buildings associated with Packaging plant. Along US41
Full Text: http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NKC/1.0/ …

Packing Photo #006 Creating Boxes

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Type: Still Image
Member of: Ruskin Farm Photos
Description: Packing Production Line: Creating cardboard boxes for packaging
Full Text: http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NKC/1.0/ …

T. R. Hovey - Foreman at Ruskin Farms

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Type: Still Image
Member of: Ruskin Farm Photos
Description: T. R. Hovey was a foreman at the Ruskin Farms from 1937 for a number of years (last recorded reference was in 1946 in the newspapers, but this photo is dated 1949 on the reverse side.) More research needed to determine exact length of service.) While with Dickman Farms, although without a college degree, he learned all he needed to know to continually test farm soils in order to suggest what… more
Full Text: http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NKC/1.0/ …

Ruskin Farms Day Care for Migrant Children

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Type: Still Image
Member of: Ruskin Farm Photos
Description: During the 1940s, and America's entry into WW2, getting farm labor was very difficult, particularly during the harvest season when so many workers were required. Paul Dickman wanted to continue his relied on supply of white migrant workers from the American South, so ensured housing, meals, and as shown here, day care for the children of migrant workers. more
Full Text: http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NKC/1.0/ …

Ruskin Cucumbers

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Type: Still Image
Member of: Ruskin Farm Photos
Description: Loading Ruskin Cucumbers from the fields.
Full Text: http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NKC/1.0/ …

Cellophane Wrapping Station on Assembly Line

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Type: Still Image
Member of: Ruskin Farm Photos
Description: Cellophane Wrapping Station on production line at Ruskin Vegetable Corporation. Note the mechanical nature of the wrapping machine.
Full Text: http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NKC/1.0/ …

Packing Photo #011 Sorting Broccoli Pieces

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Type: Still Image
Member of: Ruskin Farm Photos
Description: Packaging Production Line: hand sorting and packing broccoli pieces
Full Text: http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NKC/1.0/ …

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  • Still Image (69)

Creators and Contributors

  • Lyle Dickman (1)
  • Paul Dickman (1)

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  • Burgert Brothers (4)
  • MacManus, John & Adams, Inc. (1)
  • Photo Illustrators Inc. (1)

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  • 1926 (1)
  • 1947 (2)
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