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Grocery Store on Main Street

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Description: O.C. O'Hearn Grocery Store, Main Street, with the front window filled with apples, and a man standing in the doorway. Another man is standing on the sidewa...
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Tall-tale Postcard: Melon Party (without Melons)

Date: 1911
Description: Photographic mock-up for an Alfred Stanley Johnson photomontage postcard entitled "Melon Party." Four girls wearing bows and dresses are holding an object...
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Tall-tale Postcard: Melon Party (with Melons)

Date: 1911
Description: Photomontage of children with giant watermelons. Four girls wearing dresses and bows hold a giant slice of melon across them as they all bite into it. Two ...
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Man in Field

Date: 10 1946
Description: Man (Mr. Goodyear?) holding a muskmelon in an agricultural field.
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Gathering Cranberries

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Description: Men and women in a bog picking cranberries.
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Children Gathering Cranberries

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Description: Six children sit in a cranberry bog, while another stands in the background.
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Group Picking Cranberries

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Description: A group of men and women pick cranberries in a bog.
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Boy With Watermelon Rind

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Description: A young boy holds a watermelon rind while two women converse.
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Apple Tree

Date: 10 18 1964
Description: Close-up of an apple on an apple tree in the yard of Mrs. Kay Curtis.
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Illinois Central Railroad Car Exterior

Date: 01 25 1951
Description: Exterior view of a wooden Illinois Central Railroad car labeled: "Fruit Growers Express."
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Illinois Central Railroad Car Interior

Date: 01 25 1951
Description: Interior view of a wooden Illinois Central Railroad car containing damaged orange crates.
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Illinois Central Railroad Orange Shipment

Date: 01 25 1951
Description: Crates of oranges, some damaged, are stacked in a storage area after being unloaded from an Illinois Central Railroad car.
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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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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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