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Photograph

Mr. and Mrs. Kapec with Strawberries

Date: 06 26 1955
Description: Local fruit farmers Mr. and Mrs. Martin Kapec, Route 2, Madison, display a crate of home grown strawberries the size of golf balls.
Photograph

Oak Hill Farm

Date: 1929
Description: Exterior of Oak Hill farm, home of H.H. Harris, one of the pioneers of the strawberry growing and shipping industry in Wisconsin.
Postcard

Street Scene during the Berry Season

Date: 1905
Description: Elevated view over rooftops towards a main street during berry season. Horse-drawn wagons are gathered further down the street near an intersection. The Mo...
Photograph

Strawberry Fields

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Description: A view of men, women and children harvesting in strawberry fields. Caption reads: "A Smith County Strawberry Farm, Near the City of Tyler, Texas."
Photograph

Picking Strawberries

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Description: A view of men and a number of children picking strawberries in a field. Caption reads: "Picking Strawberries, Harriman, Tenn."
Print

A.C. Bennett & Son Letterhead

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Description: Letterhead of A.C. Bennett & Son, growers of and dealers in cultivated cranberries from Grand Rapids, Wisconsin, with a two-color illustration of cranberri...
Print

G.E. Evans Letterhead

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Description: Letterhead of G.E. Evans, a grower of cultivated cranberries from New Lisbon, Wisconsin. Includes an illustration by (A.?) R.R. Richards of people working ...
Print

American Cranberry Exchange Letterhead

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Description: Letterhead of the American Cranberry Exchange, which had a main office in New York City and a branch office in Chicago, with "Eatmor Cranberries" in a scro...
Photograph

Lake Nursery Strawberry Field

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Description: Strawberry field, probably at the Lake Nursery.
Photograph

Strawberry Picking

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Description: Men, women, and children are gathered in a field picking strawberries, probably at the Lake Nursery. Castle Mound is in the distance.
Photograph

Strawberry Picking at Lake Nursery

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Description: Man showing a carton of strawberries under an awning, while behind him men, women, and children are gathered in a field to pick strawberries, probably at t...
Photograph

Berry Bushes

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Description: View down row of what may be a field of berry bushes. A wood post in the foreground on the right has wire or rope supporting the row of plants. Trees and h...
Book or Pamphlet

Knott's Berry Place Tea Room Menu

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Description: Front cover and menu pages from Knott's Berry Place, with multi-colored boysenberries suspended over rows of plants in the fields, and parked cars lined up...
Photograph

Cherry Harvest

Date: 1963
Description: Cherry picking on the Door Peninsula. A man is pouring cherries into boxes from a bucket.
Postcard

Indian Canoe

Date: 1907
Description: Text on front reads: "Indian Canoe" and "Greetings from Tomah, Wis." On reverse: "Camp of berry-pickers, man, wife, and children. Camp site on a beautiful ...

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