LEETON, NSW. FIVE WOMEN SORT TOMATOES AS THEY PASS ON A BELT IN FRONT OF THEM FROM THE ...

Accession Number 014933
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white
Physical description Black & white
Maker McNeil, John Earl (Earl)
Place made Australia: New South Wales, Leeton
Date made 8 June 1943
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

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Description

LEETON, NSW. FIVE WOMEN SORT TOMATOES AS THEY PASS ON A BELT IN FRONT OF THEM FROM THE STERILISER. THE VEGETABLES WERE THEN CANNED AND TURNED INTO TOMATO PUREE, TOMATO JUICE AND TOMATO SAUCE. THE TOMATOES WERE SEEN TO BE AN IMPORTANT SOURCE OF VITAMINS FOR THE FIGHTING FORCES. (COPY IN ALBUM PRESENTED TO DR EDITH SUMMERSKILL P.257).