1945 Original Press Photo by WIDE WORLD PHOTOS.
Memphis, Tennessee.
Model Penal Farm.
An aerial view of part of the Shelby County, Tennessee Penal Farm showing the farm buildings, foreground, and the large Shelby County Hospital.
The farm has won renown as a model in agriculture copied by soil tillers and farm experts in most of the 48 states, Canada and Latin America.
18 years ago the farm's 5,017 acres was a stretch of waste and timber land. Today it is rich pasture sustaining fine beef and dairy herds, grain yielding fields and immaculate white buildings.
Photo is Dated: November 5, 1945.
THIS IS AN AUTHENTIC PHOTO, NOT A COPY OR SCANS.
Photo Measures Approximately: 9 x 6.5 Inches.
THERE ARE FEW MINOR CREASE MARKINGS.
Part Number: AAA60374
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