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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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"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 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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Our Lady of the Valley

Date: 1950
Description: View of three Trappist monks from Our Lady of the Valley abbey harvesting apples. Two men are standing on ladders and picking the fruit, while the third ma...
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Cherry Blossom Time

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Description: Cherry trees stand in rows in an orchard during Cherry Blossom Time.
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Cherry Picking

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Description: Men and boys stand between rows of trees, picking cherries. Some of them are holding buckets and standing on ladders.
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Cherry Picking

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Description: Girls pick cherries in an orchard. Some hold buckets and sit on ladders.
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Observation Tower

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Description: View across road of an observation tower overlooking extensive apple orchards, a tourist attraction in season. Many people are standing below the tower whe...
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Shorewood Hills Young People Planning a Dance

Date: 07 02 1953
Description: Eight young people from Shorewood Hills take a break from planning their dance, called "Watermelon Weather." From left are: Ray White, Janet Chlanda, Nancy...
Print

Valentine Greetings

Date: 1940
Description: Valentine's Day "secret pal" card with a peach on the front, and a cake and plum on the inside (all shown). The peach has long eyelashes, red lipstick and ...
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Jean Ward and Peach Tree

Date: 09 09 1953
Description: Jean Ward of 2961 Milwaukee Street is standing beneath a peach-laden tree that grew in his garden from pits discarded 8 years ago.
Postcard

Pieper's Fruit Farm

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Description: Color postcard of an aerial view of Pieper's Fruit Farm. The apple orchards are behind the farmhouse and outbuildings.
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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...
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Historical Marker of Gays Mills Apple Orchards

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Description: Image of the historical marker for Gays Mills Apple Orchards overlooking the town of Gays Mills, Wisconsin. The marker stands to the left, leaving an eleva...
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Amacoy Lake Resort

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Description: A mother, father, and son pose outside of a cabin at Amacoy Lake Resort. The woman and boy are holding pint berry boxes of fruit.
Book or Pamphlet

O-12 Orchard Tractor Brochure

Date: 1937
Description: Cover of an advertising brochure for the McCormick-Deering O-12 orchard tractor. Features a photo of a man using an O-12 tractor to spray trees in an orcha...
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Young Woman and F-1800 Truck

Date: 1976
Description: Young woman standing among what appears to be branches of a cherry tree. An man is driving an International truck, possibly a Fleetstar F-1800, in the back...

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