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Lexington Market

Date: 1905
Description: People standing and posing outdoors. Caption reads: "Lexington Market."
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Father and Daughter in Orchard with International Truck

Date: 1952
Description: Publicity photograph showing a little girl sitting on the running board of an International R-series pickup truck and eating an apple while her father pick...
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Family Farmers Market

Date: 07 27 1988
Description: Cousins set up a road-side stand to sell fruits and vegetables grown by their grandfather.
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Farmer Poses with Watermelon aboard Cotton Picker

Date: 1944
Description: Farm worker, Frank White, stops harvesting to pose with watermelon found among the cotton crop. The field, part of the O'Neill Ranch located in Helm, Calif...
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Pear Display

Date: 11 07 1939
Description: Display of pears from Blue Anchor California Fruit Exchange in window of Frank Brothers, Inc., 609-613 University Avenue.
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Frank Bros. Sunkist Window

Date: 04 01 1935
Description: Frank Bros., 609-613 University Avenue window featuring Sunkist oranges.
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Three Lost Children

Date: 06 26 1933
Description: Three lost children are sitting on the running board of a car and eating bananas. Left to right: Bobbie Simpson, 5, Vina Mae Simpson, 4, Harold Ring, 4. Th...
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A & P Grocery Store Window

Date: 02 21 1930
Description: A & P grocery store window featuring fruits, vegetables and canned goods at 807 University Avenue.
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A & P Grocery Store Window

Date: 02 21 1930
Description: A & P grocery store window at 807 University Avenue featuring fruits, vegetables, and canned goods.
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Banana Display Window at A & P

Date: 05 11 1928
Description: Banana display window at A & P, 1355 Williamson Street.
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International Wholesale Fruit Delivery Truck

Date: 1917
Description: Man sitting in an International Model G delivery truck along street curb. The truck was owned by G. Dattilo & Sons, wholesalers of fruits, and featured a c...
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Picking Apples

Date: 1950
Description: An apple-picker stands among the branches of a tree, on a ladder with a pouch slung over his shoulder and belted around his waist.
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Apple Stand

Date: 10 09 1963
Description: Couple arranging varieties of apples and jugs of cider at their roadside stand near Mukwonago.
Book or Pamphlet

Grow a Garden

Date: 1915
Description: Cover of a booklet produced by International Harvester's Agricultural Extension Department to promote family gardens. Includes an image of a young woman st...
Book or Pamphlet

Spraying Outfits Catalog Cover

Date: 1912
Description: Front cover of an advertising catalog for International Harvester spraying outfits. Includes a colored photograph of an apple tree.
Photograph

Harvesting Strawberries

Date: 07 1937
Description: Picking strawberries on the farm of Earl Leverich in Monroe County. The Leverich family were leaders in commercial fruit growing in Wisconsin and Earl Lev...
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Boy with Peaches

Date: 1929
Description: A boy grinning while gathering peaches in his arms in the orchard of N.Y. Yates.
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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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International Model F Market Truck

Date: 1917
Description: Two men stand near Riegel's Traveling Market truck, an International Model F (or 31) modified to hold baskets of bananas, pineapples, corn, lettuce, aspara...

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