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Spraying Potatoes with Pesticide

Date: 06 1923
Description: Men using the "big sprayer" to apply pesticide to garden potatoes at R.R. Robertson's farm.
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Girl Peeling Potatoes

Date: 1920
Description: Baskets of potatoes surround a young girl as she peels and cuts them outdoors near the side of a building.
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Dusting Potatoes with Pesticide

Date: 1919
Description: A man dusting a potato crop in a field with arsenate of lead.
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Farmers with Farmall Tractor and Potato Digger

Date: 1924
Description: Rear view of two farmers pulling a potato digger in a field with a Farmall Regular tractor.
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Potato Slicer

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Description: Close-up of a woman's hands using a potato slicer attached to a counter.
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Planting Potatoes

Date: 1919
Description: A man wearing a wide-brimmed hat and overalls is sitting behind a team of two horses while planting potatoes at the International Harvester Company experim...
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Men Searching through Dumped Potatoes

Date: 1917
Description: Two men picking through bushels of potatoes that have been dumped from a freight train. The men are scouring for potatoes that are still good. Original cap...
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Potatoes at Chicago Dump

Date: 1917
Description: Thousands of potatoes dumped from a freight train along a rail embankment. There is a cow in the background foraging. Original caption reads, "Many thousan...
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Woman Baking

Date: 1920
Description: A woman wearing a uniform and cloth hat is siftting flour into a bowl in a kitchen. Her dress has buttoned-on cuffs on the sleeves. The table in front of h...
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Potato Ricer

Date: 06 1923
Description: A woman using a potato ricer in a farmhouse kitchen.
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Woman in Cellar

Date: 1921
Description: A woman wearing an apron is standing in a cellar while taking potatoes out of a basket for storage on a shelf. Shelves on the wall behind her hold multiple...
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Children Gardening

Date: 1920
Description: Children working in garden. One child is pulling beets, while another child is digging up potatoes with a hoe. Another child is sitting in a wheelbarrow lo...
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Food Storage in Root Cellar

Date: 1921
Description: Farm produce is stored in the corner of a cellar with dirt floors and brick walls. Gourds, potatoes, and pumpkins are kept in barrels, baskets, and on a ta...
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James Chaulk, Jr., Champion Potato Grower of Nebraska

Date: 1916
Description: Full-length studio portrait of a boy, 14-years-old, posing in front of a painted backdrop. He is standing next to a cloth covered table holding a plate of ...

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