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Lexington Market

Date: 1905
Description: People standing and posing outdoors. Caption reads: "Lexington Market."
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New Orleans Market

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Description: View of the old French fruit and vegetable market. Pineapples and bananas are hanging in the stalls.
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Boys Eating Watermelon

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Description: A view of three African American children seated on a long bench and eating watermelon, with a number of watermelons on the ground near their feet.
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Picking Apples in Oregon

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Description: Apple pickers at work in an orchard. Text on photograph reads: "Picking Apples In Oregon."
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Picking Newton Pippin Apples

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Description: Agricultural workers pick Newton Pippin apples in an orchard. Text on photograph reads: "Picking Newton Pippin Apples."
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Picking Apples in Oregon

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Description: Agricultural workers pick apples. Text on photograph reads: "Picking Apples In Oregon."
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Irrigation Ditch and Apple Orchards

Date: 1910
Description: View of an irrigation ditch near apple orchards in. Mountains are in the distance. Caption reads: Irrigation Ditch And Apple Orchards, Near Cashmere, Wash....
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Judging at Apple Show

Date: 1910
Description: Two men pose while several others judge apples from Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada, at the national apple show in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. A...
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Georgia Peach Orchard and Packing House

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Description: Elevated view of a peach orchard and packing house. The roof of a building is in the foreground. Railroad tracks on the left run through the orchard, and a...
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Gathering Elberta Peaches

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Description: Agricultural workers pose in an Elberta peach orchard. They pose with a horse-drawn cart carrying baskets of peaches, and some of the men are holding peach...
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Prune Orchard

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Description: View of a prune orchard. Corn is growing in the background. Caption reads: "Prune Orchard, Vancouver, Wn."
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Picking Pineapples

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Description: Several men picking pineapples in a field. A tree line and two houses are in the distance. Caption reads: "Picking Pines At Fort Pierce, Florida."
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Picking Pineapples

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Description: Several men pick pineapples in a field. A tree line and two houses are in the distance. Caption reads: "Picking Pines At Fort Pierce, Florida."
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Union Railroad Station

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Description: Slightly elevated view of people walking through the main lobby of the Union Railroad Station, built in 1914. A fruit and candy shop with a soda fountain i...
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"Rattlesnake" Watermelons

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Description: A view of a horse-drawn wagon carrying three huge "Rattlesnake" watermelons. Each watermelon has a weight: 300 pounds, 285 pounds, and 260 pounds. The whee...
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"The Original Grapevine"

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Description: A view of "the original grapevine," a square wooden trellis with a grapevine.
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Harvesting Grapes

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Description: A view of a woman harvesting grapes and putting them in small, wooden baskets.
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Harvesting of Grapes

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Description: A view of men and women harvesting grapes in a field.
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Apple Orchard

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Description: A view of several men, two children, and a horse in an apple orchard in Ontario County. Caption reads: "An Ontario County Apple Orchard, Phelps, N.Y."
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Winters and Prophets Canning Co. Factory

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Description: A view of the Winters and Prophets Canning Co. factory, with people near wagons loaded with bushels of apples in the foreground.

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