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The Agricultural Marketing Service and Farm Market Slides cover the period from 1958 to 1985, with the bulk of the material produced in the 1960s and 1970s. The collection of 35mm slides occupies 24 linear feet of shelf space. From 2018-2020, Raymond Williams, Office Automation Assistant, transferred the slides from cabinet drawers, re-housed them in acid-free slide storage boxes, and described box contents in a spreadsheet. Sara Lee compiled the guide to the collection. Most of the slides are in good condition and may be used in the NAL Special Collections Reading Room. Some of the slides show evidence of color shift.
Historical Sketch
July 1, 1938:
Division of Transportation established in the Bureau of Agricultural Economics
July 1, 1939:
Divisions of Marketing and Transportation Research combined to form a single division, the Division of Marketing and Transportation Research
April 3, 1961:
Bureau of Agricultural Economics reorganized and reassigned to Agricultural Marketing Service. Marketing research related to the development of improved equipment, facilities, work methods, techniques and practices for efficient handling and movement of fruit and vegetables to consumers. The Agricultural Marketing Service administered the United Terminal Market Wholesale Division.
July 1, 1964:
Functions of the Market Quality Research Section and of the Transportation and Facilities Research Division transferred to the Agricultural Research Service.
Scope and Content Note
Slides depict food market distribution operations in thirty states throughout the United States, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico from 1958-1985. Additionally, the content shows food commodities and market operations in twelve foreign countries. Images frequently represent terminal markets, an organized market in a city into which large quantities of agricultural produce and livestock shipped for distribution and sale.
Additionally, images portray food distribution activities at ports and terminals; state distribution warehouses; storage facilities for dairy, produce, fish, and meat; orchards and fruit auctions; and farm and fish markets. Also included are slide presentations with tables and graphs.
The National Association of Produce Market Managers, founded in 1947 to help market managers improve facilities and increase services, is an example of an associated organization named on some slide captions.
Slides remain in original order and grouped in approximate alphabetical order by state. Foreign market slides are located in Boxes 20, 21, 22, 23, and 24.
Container List
Box 001 – Alabama
Box
State/Country
City
Year
001
Alabama
Birmingham
1960, 1963
001
Alabama
Fort Payne
1963
001
Alabama
Geneva
1970, 1973
001
Alabama
Loxley & Mobile
1963
001
Alabama
Macon , Tuskegee , Montgomery
1973
001
Alabama
Montgomery
1980
001
Alabama
Slocomb
1970, 1973
Box 002 – Alabama
Box
State/Country
City
Year
002
Alabama
Dothan
1961, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1973
Box 003 – Arizona, Arkansas, and California
Box
State/Country
City
Year
003
Arizona
Cochise
1970
003
Arkansas
Little Rock
1970
003
California
Los Angeles
1970, 1971
003
California
Oakland
undated
003
California
San Francisco
1963, 1965, 1966
Box 004 – California
Box
State/Country
City
Year
004
California
Indio
1963
004
California
Salinas
1963
004
California
San Diego
1983
Box 005 – California
Box
State/Country
City
Year
005
California
Los Angeles
1963, 1968
005
California
Modesta
undated
005
California
Sanger
1963
Box 006 – California, Canada, Colorado
Box
State/Country
City
Year
006
California
Los Angeles
1983
006
Canada
Toronto
1961, 1964
006
Colorado
Denver
1963
006
Colorado
Montezuma
1970
006
Colorado
Paonia
1971
006
Colorado
San Luis Valley
1963
006
Colorado
Silverton
1971
006
Colorado
Denver
1967, 1970, 1971
Box 007 – Colorado, Connecticut, Florida
Box
State/Country
City
Year
007
Colorado
Denver
1967, 1970, 1971
007
Connecticut
Hartford
1972, 1974
007
Connecticut
New Haven
1964, 1972, 1974
007
Florida
Florida City
1964
Box 008 – Connecticut, District of Columbia
Box
State/Country
City
Year
008
Connecticut
Hartford
1975
008
District of Columbia
[untitled]
1974
008
Florida
Florida City
1972
008
Florida
Immokalee
1965
008
Florida
Lehigh Acres
1964
Box 009 – Florida
Box
State/Country
City
Year
009
Florida
Belleglade
1964, 1965
009
Florida
Bushnell
undated
009
Florida
Bonifay
1964
009
Florida
Collier County
1965
009
Florida
Del Ray Beach
1964
009
Florida
Fort Myers
1964
009
Florida
Fort Pierce
1966
009
Florida
Frostproof
1972
009
Florida
Jacksonville
1967
Box 010 – Florida
Box
State/Country
City
Year
010
Florida
Jacksonville
1967
010
Florida
Pompano
1963, 1978
010
Florida
Sanford
undated
010
Florida
Starke
1964
010
Florida
Tampa
1972
010
Florida
Wabasso
1964
010
Florida
Waucula & Arcadia
1964
010
Florida
Waverly
1964
010
Florida
Webster
undated
Box 011 – Florida, Georgia
Box
State/Country
City
Year
011
Florida
Palatka
1964
011
Florida
Palmetto
undated
011
Florida
Panokee
1965, 1979
011
Florida
Miami
undated
011
Georgia
Cairo
1961
011
Georgia
Albany
1973
011
Georgia
Athens
undated
011
Georgia
Atlanta
1960s
Box 012 – Georgia
Box
State/Country
City
Year
012
Georgia
Atlanta
1958, 1960, 1961, 1963, 1964, 1967, 1968, 1972
Box 013 – Georgia
Box
State/Country
City
Year
013
Georgia
Atlanta
1974, 1978, 1979
013
Georgia
Jessup
1960
013
Georgia
Montezuma
1961
013
Georgia
Macon
1973
013
Georgia
Maultrie
1961
013
Georgia
Glenville
1960
013
Georgia
Ellijay
1964
Box 014 – Georgia
Box
State/Country
City
Year
014
Georgia
Ellijay
1964
014
Georgia
Cordele
1960, 1961
014
Georgia
Fort Valley
1964
014
Georgia
Columbu, Fayetteville, Woodbury
1970
014
Georgia
Columbus
1960, 1961, 1965, 1970, 1973
014
Georgia
Macon
1965
014
Georgia
Donaldsonville
1961
014
Georgia
Savannah
undated
014
Georgia
Maultrie
1964
014
Georgia
Augusta
undated
014
Georgia
Rochelle
1963
014
Georgia
Dawson
1973
014
Georgia
Columbus
1974
Box 015 – Georgia
Box
State/Country
City
Year
015
Georgia
Columbus
1974
015
Georgia
Columbus
1975
015
Georgia
Vidalia
1960
015
Georgia
Tifton
1961, 1964
015
Georgia
Thomasville
1961, 1965
Box 016 – Georgia, Hawaii
Box
State/Country
City
Year
016
Georgia
Savannah
1960
016
Georgia
Rome
1960
016
Hawaii
Honolulu
1966, 1968
016
Hawaii
Honolulu
1975
Box 017 – Hawaii
Box
State/Country
City
Year
017
Hawaii
Honolulu
1975
017
Hawaii
Honolulu
undated
Box 018 – Hawaii, Pennsylvania
Box
State/Country
City
Year
018
Hawaii
Honolulu
undated
018
Hawaii
Maui
1978
018
Pennsylvania
Lancaster
undated
Box 019 – Untitled
Box
State/Country
City
Year
019
[untitled]
[untitled]
1973, 1981
Box 020 – Florida, Germany
Box
State/Country
City
Year
020
Florida
[untitled]
undated
020
Germany
Hamburg
undated
Box 021 – Rhode Island
Box
State/Country
City
Year
021
Rhode Island
Providence
undated
Box 022 – Italy, Mexico, Netherlands, Spain
Box
State/Country
City
Year
022
Italy
Sienna
undated
022
Mexico
Toluca
undated
022
Netherlands
Rotterdam
undated
022
Spain
Barcelona
undated
022
Spain
Bilbao
undated
022
Spain
Grenada
undated
022
Spain
Jerez
undated
022
Spain
Licante
undated
022
Spain
Palma
undated
022
Spain
Seville
undated
022
Spain
Zarogaza
undated
Box 023 – Spain, Puerto Rico, New England, Austria, England, Italy, Brazil, Chile, Denmark, France
Box
State/Country
City
Year
023
Spain
Zarogaza
undated
023
Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico
1964
023
New England
New England
1961
023
Austria
Vienna
undated
023
England
London (Covenant Garden)
undated
023
Italy
Bologna
1983
023
Brazil
Sac Paula
undated
023
Chile
Santiago
undated
023
Denmark
Copenhagen
undated
023
Denmark
Odense
undated
023
France
Paris
1983
Box 024 – France, Germany, South Carolina, California
Box
State/Country
City
Year
024
France
Paris
1983
024
Germany
Berlin
undated
024
South Carolina
Greenville
undated
024
California
San Diego
undated
Box 025 – Germany, North Carolina, Mexico, Canada
Box
State/Country
City
Year
025
Germany
Berlin
undated
025
North Carolina
Asheville
undated
025
North Carolina
New Market, Raleigh
undated
025
Mexico
[untitled]
undated
025
Canada
Toronto
undated
Box 026 – Mississippi, Massachusetts, New York, Washington
Box
State/Country
City
Year
026
Mississippi
Jackson
undated
026
Massachusetts
[untitled]
undated
026
New York
New York
undated
026
Washington
[untitled]
undated
Box 027 – New York, Arizona, California, New Jersey
Box 048 – Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, New Jersey
Box
State/Country
City
Year
048
Minnesota
Minneapolis , St. Paul
1972
048
Minnesota
Detroit Area
1965
048
Minnesota
St. Paul
1964
048
Mississippi
Jackson
1963
048
Missouri
St. Louis
1980
048
New Jersey
Elizabeth , Port Elizabeth
1977
048
New Jersey
Southern
1983
Box 049 – New Jersey
Box
State/Country
City
Year
049
New Jersey
Newark
1975, 1977, 1978
Box 050 – New Jersey
Box
State/Country
City
Year
050
New Jersey
Newark
1975
050
New Jersey
Northeastern
1977
050
New Jersey
Newark
1978
Box 051 – New Jersey
Box
State/Country
City
Year
051
New Jersey
Kearny
1977
051
New Jersey
Newark
1976-1977
051
New Jersey
Hammonton
undated
051
New Jersey
Millville
1968
051
New Jersey
Highstown
undated
Box 052 – New Jersey
Box
State/Country
City
Year
052
New Jersey
Glassboro
undated
052
New Jersey
[untitled]
1975-1978
Box 053 – New Jersey
Box
State/Country
City
Year
053
New Jersey
Paterson
1975, 1976
053
New Jersey
Port Elizabeth
1977
053
New Jersey
Pittman
undated
053
New Jersey
South Brunswick
1977
053
New Jersey
Sayerville Boro
1977
053
New Jersey
Trenton
1975
Box 054 – New Jersey, New Mexico, New York
Box
State/Country
City
Year
054
New Jersey
Newark
1976
054
New Jersey
Vineland
1960
054
New Mexico
Chimayo
1970
054
New York
Fulton
undated
054
New York
Albany
undated
Box 055 – New York
Box
State/Country
City
Year
055
New York
Bronx
1975, 1979, 1982
055
New York
Buffalo
1959
055
New York
Brooklyn
undated
Box 056 – New York
Box
State/Country
City
Year
056
New York
Fulton
undated
056
New York
Hunts Point
1963, 1964, 1968, 1969, 1975, 1977, 1978, 1979
Box 057 – New York
Box
State/Country
City
Year
057
New York
Hunt Point
1962
057
New York
Elmsford
undated
057
New York
New York City
1957, 1974, 1976, 1978
Box 058 – New York
Box
State/Country
City
Year
058
New York
New York City
1965, 1978
Box 059 – New York
Box
State/Country
City
Year
059
New York
New York City
1960s, 1970s
Box 060 – New York
Box
State/Country
City
Year
060
New York
New York City
1960s, 1970s
Box 061 – New York
Box
State/Country
City
Year
061
New York
New York City
1960s, 1970s
Box 062 – North Carolina
Box
State/Country
City
Year
062
North Carolina
Asheville
1975-1977, 1980, 1982, 1983
Box 063 – North Carolina
Box
State/Country
City
Year
063
North Carolina
Asheville
1974, 1975
Box 064 – North Carolina
Box
State/Country
City
Year
064
North Carolina
Asheville
1974
064
North Carolina
Butner
1979
064
North Carolina
Charlotte
1983, 1985
064
North Carolina
Clinton
1960
064
North Carolina
Faison
1960, 1964, 1967
064
North Carolina
Gatesville
1960, 1964
064
North Carolina
Hendersonville
1974
Box 065 – North Carolina
Box
State/Country
City
Year
065
North Carolina
Hendersonville
1964, 1968
065
North Carolina
Raleigh
1981
Box 066 – North Carolina
Box
State/Country
City
Year
066
North Carolina
Raleigh
1980, 1981
Box 067 – North Carolina
Box
State/Country
City
Year
067
North Carolina
Raleigh
1960, 1967, 1969, 1973, 1979, 1980
Box 068 – North Carolina
Box
State/Country
City
Year
068
North Carolina
Raleigh
undated
068
North Carolina
Western
1968, 1977
068
North Carolina
Winston-Salem
1971, 1973
068
North Carolina
[untitled]
1967
Box 069 – Ohio
Box
State/Country
City
Year
069
Ohio
Columbus
1959, 1963, 1964, 1966, 1969
069
Ohio
Cleveland
1959, 1960, 1961
069
Ohio
Cincinnati
1962
Box 070 – Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania
Box
State/Country
City
Year
070
Ohio
Dayton
1965
070
Ohio
Toledo
undated
070
Oregon
[untitled]
undated
070
Pennsylvania
Lancaster
1976
Box 071 – Pennsylvania
Box
State/Country
City
Year
071
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
1972, 1974, 1975, 1979, 1980
Box 072 – Pennsylvania
Box
State/Country
City
Year
072
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
1960, 1961, 1963, 1965, 1968, 1969
072
Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh
1981
Box 073 – Pennsylvania
Box
State/Country
City
Year
073
Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh
1959, 1964, 1966, 1981
Box 074 – Pennsylvania
Box
State/Country
City
Year
074
Pennsylvania
Scranton
1972
074
Pennsylvania
Scranton
1972
074
Pennsylvania
Hazelton
1972
074
Pennsylvania
Thornburg
undated
074
Pennsylvania
Saint Thomas
1968
074
Pennsylvania
Scranton
1971, 1972
Box 075 – Pennsylvania
Box
State/Country
City
Year
075
Pennsylvania
Scranton
undated
075
Pennsylvania
Wilkes-Barre
1972, 1974, 1978
Box 076 – Pennsylvania
Box
State/Country
City
Year
076
Pennsylvania
Wilkes-Barre
1972
076
Pennsylvania
York
1972
076
South Carolina
Blackville
1960
076
South Carolina
Charleston
1967
076
South Carolina
Columbia
1978, 1983
Box 077 – South Carolina
Box
State/Country
City
Year
077
South Carolina
Columbia
1960, 1965, 1967, 1974
077
South Carolina
Florence
1982, 1983
Box 078 – South Carolina
Box
State/Country
City
Year
078
South Carolina
Florence
1982
078
South Carolina
Pee Dee
1981, 1983
078
South Carolina
Greenville
1973, 1978, 1980, 1981
078
South Carolina
McBee
1968
Box 079 – South Carolina
Box
State/Country
City
Year
079
South Carolina
McBee
1968
079
South Carolina
Pageland
1968
079
South Carolina
Spartanburg
1973
079
South Carolina
Gaffney (Sunny Slope)
1968, 1969
Box 080 – South Carolina, Tennessee
Box
State/Country
City
Year
080
South Carolina
Gaffney (Sunny Slope)
1965
080
Tennessee
Chattanooga
1960
080
Tennessee
Knoxville
undated
080
Tennessee
Memphis
1977, 1978
080
Tennessee
Nashville
undated
Box 081 – Tennessee, Texas
Box
State/Country
City
Year
081
Tennessee
[untitled]
undated
081
Texas
Dallas
1973
Box 082 – Texas
Box
State/Country
City
Year
082
Texas
Dallas
1964, 1972, 1973
Box 083 – Texas
Box
State/Country
City
Year
083
Texas
Dallas
undated
083
Texas
Houston
1964
083
Texas
Jacksonville
undated
083
Texas
Panhandle
1970
083
Texas
Raymondville
1972
083
Texas
Rio Grande City
1972
083
Texas
San Antonio
1978, 1979
Box 084 – Texas, Utah
Box
State/Country
City
Year
084
Texas
San Antonio
1967, 1972, 1974
084
Texas
Tyler
undated
084
Utah
Salt Lake City
1971, 1978
Box 085 – Utah, Virginia
Box
State/Country
City
Year
085
Utah
Salt Lake City
1967, 1968, 1970
085
Utah
[untitled]
1970
085
Virginia
Alexandria
1962
085
Virginia
[untitled]
1969
085
Virginia
[untitled]
1968
085
Virginia
Berryville
1964, 1968, 1969
Box 086 – Virginia
Box
State/Country
City
Year
086
Virginia
Berryville
1961, 1967
086
Virginia
Cape Charles
1964
086
Virginia
Cheriton
1964
086
Virginia
Eastern Shore
1962
086
Virginia
Exmore
1964
086
Virginia
Harrisonburg
1968
Box 087 – Virginia
Box
State/Country
City
Year
087
Virginia
Mt. Jackson
1968
087
Virginia
Norfolk
1960, 1969
087
Virginia
Richmond
1974, 1980
087
Virginia
Roanoke
undated
087
Virginia
Timberville
1967, 1968, 1971
Box 088 – Virginia
Box
State/Country
City
Year
088
Virginia
Timberville
1961, 1966
088
Virginia
Virginia Beach
1976
Box 089 – Virginia, Washington
Box
State/Country
City
Year
089
Virginia
Winchester
1961, 1967, 1968
089
Virginia
Woodstock
1967
089
Washington
Wapato
1971
089
Washington
[untitled]
1963, 1971
089
Washington
Yakima
1971
Box 090 – West Virginia
Box
State/Country
City
Year
090
West Virginia
[untitled]
1968
090
West Virginia
Charlestown
1961, 1967, 1969
090
West Virginia
Berkeley Springs
1964
090
West Virginia,
Charleston
1961
090
West Virginia
Huntington
1961, 1972
090
West Virginia
Inwood
1961, 1964
090
West Virginia
Paw Paw
1961, 1963, 1964, 1968
Box 091 – West Virginia, Wisconsin
Box
State/Country
City
Year
091
West Virginia
Romney
1961
091
Wisconsin
Bancroft
1963
091
Wisconsin
Darien
1963
091
Wisconsin
Gays Mills
1963
091
Wisconsin
Madison
1964
091
Wisconsin
Milwaukee
undated
Selected Bibliography
Sources Used for Finding Aid:
Baker, Gladys L. Century of Service: The First 100 Years of the United States Department of Agriculture. Washington, D.C.: Centennial Committee, U.S. Department of Agriculture. 1963.
Bowers, Douglas E. The United States Department of Agriculture, 1961-1989: [draft]. Washington, D.C.: Agricultural and Rural History Section, National Economy and History Branch, Economic Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture. 1993. https://archive.org/details/unitedstatesdepa00bowe
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