Father Garfield Hinchen with Granddaughters Denisha and Tanika an Their Chickens

Item

Title

Father Garfield Hinchen with Granddaughters Denisha and Tanika an Their Chickens

Identifier

2024.012.004

Type

Image

Description

Father Garfield Hinchen with granddaughters Denisha and Tanika behind a chicken coop on his property at 24618 Garfield Street. Garfield's one-acre land housed chickens, pigs, and crops like black-eyed peas, okra, and collard greens. He sold eggs and occasionally brought meat to a Mill Street location for processing, storing it in lockers for pickup. He also plowed fields by hand.

Subject

African American History
Agribusiness
Childhood
Family
Familial Life
Farming

Spatial Coverage

Valley Truck Farms, San Bernardino (Calif.)

Creator

Unknown

Date

Unknown

Contributor

Janice Wilson

Format

.tif

Language

English

Rights

In Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Permitted

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