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Will, Ralph R.

War Food Administration and United States Department of Agriculture Staff

The staff of the War Food Administration and the United States Department of Agriculture pose for a photograph. Among those identified are Norris Dodd (second row, sixth from the left); Grover Hill (front row, fifth from left); Marvin Jones (front row, sixth from left); Secretary of Agriculture Claude Wickard (front row, seventh from left); and Ralph Will (back row, sixth from left). All others are unidentified.

Flight to St. Croix, Virgin Islands

United States officials prepare to board a plane. They are en route to St. Croix, Virgin Islands on a Pan American flight to attend a meeting on agricultural problems of the islands and the Virgin Islands Company. At the top of the stairs, left is Secretary of Agriculture Charles Brannan. In the second row on the stairs, reaching down to shake hands with an unidentified man, is Secretary of the Interior Oscar Chapman. Ralph Will is standing on the ground, far right. Also present is Mason Barr (exact position unknown). All others are unidentified.

John Fair Farm

Ralph R. Will in the center, stands with his son, Jim Will, left, and Lee McGee, right, in front of a barn on the John Fair Farm near Manchester, Maryland. Original caption: "Original barn in background. In far right background is barn built when the farm was sub-divided. To the right, out of the picture, about 12.5 feet from where we are standing is site of old Fair family house. Foundation stones are still there.