Duda Celery Farm by Bettye Reagan

Duda Celery Farm by Bettye Reagan

Duda Celery Farm by Bettye Reagan

Slavia (Fla.)

Painting--Florida

Art--Southern States

Celery

Farming--Florida

Agriculture--Florida

A painting by Bettye Reagan, a local artist in Central Florida, inspired by a photograph of farm workers loading celery onto a truck in Slavia, Florida. Slavia was established in 1911 when the Slavia Colony Company purchased about 1,200 acres of land west of Oviedo. The earliest settlers of the community came from rural areas in Central Europe who were attracted to Florida's warm climate and rich soil. By the mid-1920s, celery became Slavia's leading cash crop.

Reagan, Bettye Jean Aulin

Original painting: Reagan, Bettye. Duda Celery Farm. 2004: Private Collection of Bettye Reagan.

2004

2004

Reagan, Bettye Jean Aulin

Digital reproduction of original painting: Reagan, Bettye. Duda Celery Farm. 2004.

Oviedo Historical Society Collection, Oviedo Collection, Seminole County Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.

"Loading Celery." RICHES of Central Florida. https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/items/show/6935.

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Slavia, Florida

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Originally created by Bettye Reagan.

Copyright to this resource is held by Bettye Reagan and is provided here by RICHES of Central Florida for educational purposes only.

Cepero, Laura

Private Collection of Bettye Reagan

Petrik, Robert. "Czechs and Slovaks in Florida." American Czech-Slovak Cultural Club. http://acscc.org/Papers/svu_062703b.html.

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