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Young Girl with Baskets of Produce in Outdoor Market

Date: 1915
Description: Young girl wrapping or unwrapping produce from baskets on an urban street, possibly in Chicago, Illinois. The girl is likely offering the produce. A boy an...
Photograph

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.
Photograph

International Truck Loaded with Watermelons

Date: 10 07 1938
Description: Slightly elevated view of two men loading watermelons into the back of an International D-35 truck owned by the the Redmon Grain Company. Signs advertising...
Photograph

Jar of Ruby Bee Jam

Date: 02 07 1952
Description: A jar of Ruby Bee strawberry jam.
Photograph

Extension Agent at Potato World

Date: 1990
Description: County farm extension agent talks with Potato World employees.
Print

Klindt-Geiger Canning Co. "Cass Brand" Pickles

Date: 
Description: "Cass Brand" Pickles label featuring a badger holding a pickle in the middle of a cabbage patch. Klindt-Geiger Canning Co., located in Cassville, Wisconsin...
Photograph

Selling Peaches

Date: 1923
Description: A customer offers payment for fruit to a woman sitting at a small desk inside an orchard shed. Multiple rows of bushel baskets filled with peaches are line...
Photograph

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."
Photograph

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...
Book or Pamphlet

Heider Tractor Advertisement

Date: 1916
Description: Interior spread of a booklet produced by the Rock Island Plow Company to advertise Heider tractors. The advertisement features a color illustration of the ...
Photograph

Kapec Orchard's New Market

Date: 01 04 1958
Description: Exterior view of the newly opened orchard stand at Kapec Orchard on Verona Road. The sign across the front of the building advertises fresh apples, sweet c...
Print

Maquinas Para Patatas

Date: 
Description: Spanish language advertisement for potato planting equipment, featuring two photographs of men planting in a field. The headline reads, "Maquinas para Pata...
Photograph

Municipal Market

Date: 1918
Description: Farm produce for sale from farm trucks at the Municipal Market on the Capitol Square. The Municipal market was established by a committee of women in July,...
Photograph

Shoppers and Strollers

Date: 06 2014
Description: Crowd of men and women walking on the sidewalk along a row of booths selling farm produce.

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