Something New In Championships 1933

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Full title reads: "Kansas. Something new in championships. The American National Corn Shuckling contest. Winner picked 29 bushels, 812 lbs. in 80 minutes."

Kansas, United States of America (USA).

Various shots of competition to pick ears of corn. The corn husker walks alongside a horsedrawn...

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Cataloguer:
Mark
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
8414
Sort Number:
33/097
Time in/Out:
01:45:55:00 / 01:46:38:00
Canister:
33/97
Film ID:
739.38
Issue Date:
04/12/1933

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