File:Boll weevil monument.jpg

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English: The Boll Weevil Monument in Enterprise, Alabama. "After the boll weevil destroyed (1910-15) the area's cotton, locals began diversified farming. In gratitude for the resulting prosperity, the city erected a monument to the boll weevil in 1919." [from The Columbia Encyclopedia, 3rd ed., s.v. Enterprise."] Series VII.1, Photographs, Box 7.1/3, file "II. Photographs--Boll Weevil Monument, Alabama," USDA History Collection, Special Collections, National Agricultural Library.

This is an image of a place or building that is listed on the National Register of Historic Places in the United States of America. Its reference number is 73000336.
Date Monument, 1919. Photo, likely 1940s.
Source https://www.nal.usda.gov/exhibits/speccoll/files/original/e206a9e12a57032e9bbc6add4b02d4ae.jpg as linked by and thumbnailed on https://www.nal.usda.gov/exhibits/speccoll/items/show/1060
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Object location31° 18′ 52″ N, 85° 51′ 14″ W Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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current13:07, 15 August 2017Thumbnail for version as of 13:07, 15 August 20171,500 × 1,853 (711 KB)Jeff G. (talk | contribs)Reverted to version as of 01:03, 10 June 2017 (UTC) see my user talk page
03:44, 7 August 2017Thumbnail for version as of 03:44, 7 August 20171,377 × 1,853 (699 KB)Jeff G. (talk | contribs)Cropped and fixed with photoshop express
01:03, 10 June 2017Thumbnail for version as of 01:03, 10 June 20171,500 × 1,853 (711 KB)Jeff G. (talk | contribs)Larger version titled "original" from https://www.nal.usda.gov/exhibits/speccoll/files/original/e206a9e12a57032e9bbc6add4b02d4ae.jpg
14:56, 5 July 2005Thumbnail for version as of 14:56, 5 July 2005481 × 600 (56 KB)Valérie75 (talk | contribs)'''Source''' : wikipedia english. The Boll Weevil Monument in Enterprise, Alabama. "After the boll weevil destroyed (1910-15) the area's cotton, locals began diversified farming. In gratitude for the resulting prosperity,

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