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Poster

Victory Gardens ..More for Them ..More for You

Date: 1943
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...
Photograph

Apple Tree

Date: 10 18 1964
Description: Close-up of an apple on an apple tree in the yard of Mrs. Kay Curtis.
Photograph

Crating Melons

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Description: A worker, probably in California, and probably a member of Amalgamated Meatcutters and Butcher Workers union local P78, crating melons for shipment.
Photograph

Farmall Tractor in Orchard

Date: 1945
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 ...
Photograph

Picking Fruit

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Description: Two women and two men pose on a ladder propped in a fruit tree.
Photograph

A Young Girl Playing Outside

Date: 1898
Description: A young girl, Helen Phillips, stands in a yard near a fence behind a wooden chair. She reaches though the decorative panels on the back of the chair and gr...
Book or Pamphlet

John A. Salzer Seed Co. Catalog

Date: 1919
Description: Back cover of the 1919 John A. Salzer Seed Co. catalog featuring depictions of carrots, cabbage and a honeydew melon. The back cover also bears the slogan ...
Photograph

Illinois Central Railroad Car Exterior

Date: 01 25 1951
Description: Exterior view of a wooden Illinois Central Railroad car labeled: "Fruit Growers Express."
Photograph

Illinois Central Railroad Car Interior

Date: 01 25 1951
Description: Interior view of a wooden Illinois Central Railroad car containing damaged orange crates.
Photograph

Illinois Central Railroad Orange Shipment

Date: 01 25 1951
Description: Crates of oranges, some damaged, are stacked in a storage area after being unloaded from an Illinois Central Railroad car.
Photograph

Bronstein & Rovner Truck

Date: 1936
Description: Four men load fruits and vegetables into the back of an International C-30 truck owned by Bronstein & Rovner. The truck is backed up at the loading dock of...
Poster

"Do Your Bit--Save the Pit"

Date: 1917
Description: Poster featuring a drawing of a woman scraping pits from fruit into a barrel.Text reads "Stop. Save Prune pits Plum pits Cherry pits Date seeds Olive pits ...
Photograph

Boys Eating Watermelon

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Description: A view of three African American children seated on a long bench and eating watermelon, with a number of watermelons on the ground near their feet.
Photograph

Delivery Truck Outside Grocery Store

Date: 1913
Description: International Model M delivery truck operated by William Brandfellner groceries parked outside the storefront. Produce is visible through the storefront, a...
Photograph

Picking Apples in Oregon

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Description: Apple pickers at work in an orchard. Text on photograph reads: "Picking Apples In Oregon."
Photograph

Picking Newton Pippin Apples

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Description: Agricultural workers pick Newton Pippin apples in an orchard. Text on photograph reads: "Picking Newton Pippin Apples."
Photograph

Picking Apples in Oregon

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Description: Agricultural workers pick apples. Text on photograph reads: "Picking Apples In Oregon."
Photograph

Irrigation Ditch and Apple Orchards

Date: 1910
Description: View of an irrigation ditch near apple orchards in. Mountains are in the distance. Caption reads: Irrigation Ditch And Apple Orchards, Near Cashmere, Wash....
Photograph

Judging at Apple Show

Date: 1910
Description: Two men pose while several others judge apples from Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada, at the national apple show in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. A...
Photograph

Georgia Peach Orchard and Packing House

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Description: Elevated view of a peach orchard and packing house. The roof of a building is in the foreground. Railroad tracks on the left run through the orchard, and a...

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