Picking plants in a geranium field
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Photograph by J. Legros, 1950–1960.
The Petits-Blancs of the west and south earned a decent living from growing scented plants – geraniums and vetiver roots – from the 1870s to the 1960s.
© Private collection Jean Legros (1920–2004), Iconothèque historique de l'océan Indien, Département de La Réunion
© Private collection Jean Legros (1920–2004), Iconothèque historique de l'océan Indien, Département de La Réunion
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