Credit: Courtesy of Schwenkfelder Library and Heritage Center, Pennsburg, Pennsylvania
Farm women worked the harvest. On the older woman's right hand, one can see the thong of her "husking peg," used to tear open the husk.
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Women working in the corn harvest, Berks County, PA, circa 1890.
Credit: Courtesy of Schwenkfelder Library and Heritage Center, Pennsburg, Pennsylvania
Farm women worked the harvest. On the older woman's right hand, one can see the thong of her "husking peg," used to tear open the husk.
