Jan 8, 2010

Mary Clyde Streett, Spenceola Farm owner



(Baltimore Sun) Mary Clyde Streett, who helped operate a once-thriving Harford County tomato cannery, died of dementia Dec. 26 at the Bel Air Convalescent Center. She was 98. Born Mary Clyde Spencer in Forest Hill, she worked alongside her father in his canning operation in Frogtown, between Bel Air and Forest Hill. Continued


Photos: 1. Spenceola Farms Tomatoes (Falmanac) 2. Child Laborer in Maryland, c1909, by Lewis Hine/Maryland Child Labor Committee

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