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Daily Herald Photograph: Sugar beets

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One photograph titled 'The beet harvest begins.' Caption on the back reads: '… Mountains of beet discharged from lorries in readiness for the factory process in Peterborough.’ [Longer caption is attached to the back of the photograph].

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  • Title: Daily Herald Photograph: Sugar beets
  • Date Created: 1937-10-08
  • Location: Peterborough, England, United Kingdom
  • Transcript:
    THE BEET HARVEST BEGINS. AW/HT The season's campaign at the Fenland beet sugar factories, which are under the control of the British Sugar Corporation, began a few days ago. A good start has been made with the lifting of the beat in Lincolnshire and loading has already started at Spalding and beet are already arriving at the huge factory in Paterborough. Photo shows - Mountains of beet discharged from lorries in readiness for the factory process at Peterborough. Fox October 8th 1937.
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  • Rights: © Hulton Archive/Getty Images
  • Maker: Fox Photos Ltd.
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