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| Date: | 1944 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 10 1946 |
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| Description: | Man (Mr. Goodyear?) holding a muskmelon in an agricultural field. |
| Date: | 1944 |
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| Description: | Three seated women with bowls on their laps peel apples outdoors while two men stand in the background. |
| Date: | 1943 |
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| Description: | A woman sitting at a kitchen table is handing a pear to a young boy standing next to her. |
| Date: | 1944 |
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| Description: | Campaign sticker for the re-election of Franklin D. Roosevelt. The use of the apple theme was a subtle reminder to those who might be tempted to vote for ... |
| Date: | 1945 |
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| Description: | J.C. Lester uses a McCormick-Deering Farmall H tractor to border a citrus grove in preparation for irrigation. |
| Date: | 10 12 1949 |
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| Description: | Randall Elementary School kindergartners are shown making applesauce under the supervision of their teachers Marguerite Drew and Lois Griskavich. Left to r... |
| Date: | 10 12 1949 |
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| Description: | Randall Elementary School kindergartners are shown making applesauce under the supervision of their teacher Marguerite Drew. Stirring the pot is Patty Hurl... |
| Date: | 10 12 1949 |
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| Description: | Randall Elementary School kindergartners are shown making applesauce under the supervision of their teachers Marguerite Drew and Lois Griskavich. Adding su... |
| Date: | 10 12 1949 |
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| Description: | Randall Elementary School kindergartners are shown making applesauce under the supervision of their teachers Marguerite Drew and Lois Griskavich. Pictured ... |
| Date: | 1944 |
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| Description: | War Food Administration Design No. 5, "Victory Garden." The poster features a soldier with an arm around a destitute child on the left in muted colors, and... |
| Date: | 1943 |
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| Description: | Office of Civilian Defense Design No. 4, "Victory Gardens." The poster features a soldier with an arm around a destitute child on the left and a happy youn... |
| Date: | 1945 |
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| Description: | A man, possibly Corporal James H. Mills, operating a Farmall H tractor in what appears to be an apple orchard. Corporal Mills was presented with a tractor ... |
| Date: | 1941 |
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| Description: | Woodcut illustration of a bookshelf with books, an apple, and a pair of eyeglasses. |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| 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 ... |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | Cover of an advertising brochure for McCormick-Deering orchard tractors, featuring a color illustration of a man waving from the seat of an O-4 grove tract... |
| Date: | 07 12 1940 |
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| Description: | Label submitted to the state of Wisconsin for trademark registration. Red and yellow label with the words: "Selected Wisconsin Strawberries." A box of stra... |
| Date: | 12 02 1943 |
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| Description: | An Intelligence Officer smiles as he holds an indigenous plant with fruit on it used for food. A building is behind him with two signs, "Operations" and "O... |
| Date: | 1949 |
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| Description: | Alfred Lunt standing on a wooden ladder and picking plums from a tree in the Ten Chimneys orchard. Lynn Fontanne stands below holding a basket to collect t... |
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