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Peninsula Enterprise
Accomac, Accomack County, Virginia
What is this article about?
National Geographic's March edition features color photos of Accomack County tomatoes being canned at Phillips Packing Company in Cambridge, Md., boosting local quality and highlighting farm products' role in war and peace.
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Features Tomatoes
In Color Pictures
Packing Of Tomatoes In Phillips
Kitchens Shown In Na-
tional Geographic
Accomack county tomato growing
is
given a decided quality boost in
the current edition of National Geo-
graphic magazine for March, with a
full page of color photographs show-
ing the canning of tomatoes and to-
mato juice, in the immaculate kitch-
ens of the Phillips Packing Company
at Cambridge, Md.
The color-photographs which were
taken by National Geographic color-
photographers, are used to illustrate
a nation-wide story on foods, empha-
sizing the importance of farm pro-
ducts in winning the war and writ-
ing the peace.
The red-ripe fruit from local to-
mato lands shows up appealingly in
the color photographs, with spic-and-
span, white uniformed workers man-
ning the various machines engaged
in preparation and canning.
The pictures were taken at a mo-
ment's notice, without planning or
notice, without advance planning or
preparation, and depict typically in-
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Domestic News Details
Primary Location
Accomack County
Event Date
March
Outcome
decided quality boost
Event Details
Accomack county tomato growing is given a decided quality boost in the current edition of National Geographic magazine for March, with a full page of color photographs showing the canning of tomatoes and tomato juice, in the immaculate kitchens of the Phillips Packing Company at Cambridge, Md. The color-photographs which were taken by National Geographic color-photographers, are used to illustrate a nation-wide story on foods, emphasizing the importance of farm products in winning the war and writing the peace. The red-ripe fruit from local tomato lands shows up appealingly in the color photographs, with spic-and-span, white uniformed workers manning the various machines engaged in preparation and canning. The pictures were taken at a moment's notice, without planning or notice, without advance planning or preparation, and depict typically in-