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Loading Boat for Chicago

Date: 09 1925
Description: Large cargo ship operated by the Benton Transit Company. On the dock near an open shed are many bushels of fruit, including melons and tomatoes (according ...
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Roadside Fruit Stand

Date: 09 1924
Description: Two men are standing on opposite sides of a table full of small crates of fruit, possibly apples (?). The original caption reads: "Roadside market scene."
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Selling Peaches at the Shed

Date: 09 1923
Description: Men looking through baskets of peaches in an open shed, where fruit was sold by the bushel. Others stand nearby. Original caption reads: "Selling peaches a...
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Pulling Stumps with Tractor

Date: 06 23 1924
Description: Two men using what appears to be a McCormick-Deering 10-20 tractor to "pull stumps" in an orchard on the R.R. Robertson farm.
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Child Drinking Tomato Juice

Date: 07 23 1926
Description: Child sitting in a high chair drinking tomato juice made on the Harvester Farm. The child is wearing a bib with a rabbit stitched on the front. The image i...
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Canning Peaches

Date: 07 23 1926
Description: A woman preparing peaches for canning. She appears to be shaking her finger at a young boy as he reaches for a peach. This scene occurred on the Harvester ...
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Canning Peaches

Date: 07 23 1926
Description: Woman at the Harvester Farm in the process of canning peaches. She is placing the peaches in a cold dip after scalding.
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Strawberry Field

Date: 1895
Description: Two men stand in a strawberry field bordered by burnt-over forest. The photographer's shadow can be seen at the bottom of the image.
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Mr. Robertson's Children

Date: 09 1923
Description: Two of Mr. Robertson's children, perhaps twins, are posing sitting outdoors holding stacks of apples in their lap. Behind them are apple trees and a sign t...

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