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USDA Pink Bollworm Project Photograph Collection

The USDA Pink Bollworm Project Photograph Collection documents the work of the Plant Quarantine and Control Administration on bollworm detection, prevention, and quarantine measures. Photographs show scientists' process for cleansing the soil of bollworms, the appearance of infested fields, and the effect of bollworms on cotton and other plants. There are photographs of inspection sites in Texas and New Mexico; field clean-ups in Arizona; and an album presented to the Chief of the division, Paul A. Hoidale, in 1941.

Items in the USDA Pink Bollworm Project Photograph Collection Collection

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Sign used at traffic inspection station on the highway

Sign used at traffic inspection station on the highway

Ivan Shiller, the inspector who found the first pink bollworm in the United States at Hearne, Texas

Ivan Shiller, the inspector who found the first pink bollworm in the United States at Hearne, Texas

A group of inspectors examining bolls

A group of inspectors examining bolls

A group of State and Federal officials seeing pink bollworm in the Trinity Bay section. Beginning at the left: Wilmon Newell, Plant Commissioner of Florida; Ernest E. Scholl, Entomologist of Texas; K.H. Townsend, Federal Horticultural Board; W.D. Hunter, Member of Board; Fred W. Davis, Comissioner of Texas.

A group of State and Federal officials seeing pink bollworm in the Trinity Bay section. Beginning at the left: Wilmon Newell, Plant Commissioner of Florida; Ernest E. Scholl, Entomologist of Texas; K.H. Townsend, Federal Horticultural Board; W.D. Hunter, Member of Board; Fred W. Davis, Comissioner of Texas.

Field cleaning. Raking the stalks after cutting.

Field cleaning. Raking the stalks after cutting.

Field cleaning. Piling the stalks.

Field cleaning. Piling the stalks.

General view of soil washing plant, taken from south side

General view of soil washing plant, taken from south side

Extraordinary stalk of Acala cotton showing no insect or other injury

Extraordinary stalk of Acala cotton showing no insect or other injury

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USDA Pink Bollworm Project Photograph Collection