During a nearly 40-year career with the Department of Agriculture, George W. Ackerman (1884-1962) estimated that he took over 50,000 photographs. Ackerman began working as a photographer for the Bureau of Plant Industry in 1910 at a salary of $900 a year.

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	Customer at Auburn Savings Bank By George W. Ackerman, Auburn, Maine, 1929 National Archives and Records Administration, Records of the Extension Service (33-SC-12790c)[VENDOR # 60]
	"Postman delivering mail, rural mail route, York county, Maine" By George W. Ackerman, August 26, 1930 National Archives and Records Administration, Records of the Extension Service (33-SC-14560c) [VENDOR # 63]
	Farm family listening to their radio By George W. Ackerman, probably Ingham County, Michigan, August 15, 1930 National Archives and Records Administration, Records of the Extension Service (33-SC-14524c) [VENDOR # 172]
	"Unloading dry farm wheat" By George W. Ackerman, Washington, 1925 National Archives and Records Administration, Records of the Extension Service (33-SC-5094c) [VENDOR # 62]
	"Farmer reading his farm paper" By George W. Ackerman, Coryell County, Texas, September 1931 National Archives and Records Administration, Records of the Extension Service (33-SC-15754c) [VENDOR # 59]
	"Negro family budget of canned fruits and vegetables. (Mr. and Mrs. J.E. Bryan) expert canners in their community" By George W. Ackerman, Robeson County, North Carolina, May 20, 1932 National Archives and Records Administration, Records of the Extension Service (33-SC-15906c) [VENDOR # 61]
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