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Spraying Trees with Pesticide

Date: 1922
Description: Two farmers operating a pesticide sprayer while another man looks on from atop a nearby International 8-16 tractor.
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Truck near Orchard

Date: 06 1923
Description: An International Harvester service truck sitting on the roadside at R.R. Robertson's orchard.
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Spraying Pesticide

Date: 06 1923
Description: Two men applying pesticide with a sprayer in an orchard. Another man is sitting on the horse-drawn wagon carrying the tank.
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Farmer with Orchard Harrow

Date: 05 1923
Description: A man is working with a team of horses that are pulling a McCormick-Deering orchard harrow at F.W. Watts' farm.
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Tractor in Grapefruit Orchard

Date: 05 01 1928
Description: John Niles operates a McCormick-Deering 10-20 tractor in a grapefruit orchard.
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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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Photographers on Roof of Barn

Date: 09 02 1923
Description: Two men are on top of a barn at an orchard, taking a panoramic photograph of an orchard.
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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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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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