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Harvesting Cranberries

Date: 1950
Description: A group of cranberry harvesters at work.
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Beauty Queen Harvesting Cranberries

Date: 1947
Description: A young woman dressed in a bathing suit and wading boots poses for a promotional photograph for the Wisconsin cranberry industry at Thunder Lake Marsh. Tw...
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Hop Pickers at Harvest Time

Date: 1895
Description: Hop pickers posing by stands of harvested hops.
Drawing

Chippewas Gathering Wild Rice

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Description: Illustration of three Chippewa (Ojibwa) Indians gathering wild rice into a canoe.
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Picking Apples in Oregon

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

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Description: Agricultural workers pose in an Elberta peach orchard. They pose with a horse-drawn cart carrying baskets of peaches, and some of the men are holding peach...
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Mule-Drawn Harvester

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Description: A large team of mules is shown pulling a harvesting machine in a field of grain. Several agricultural workers are on the harvesting machine. Caption reads:...
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Combined Wheat Harvester

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Description: A team of mules pulling a combined wheat harvester, location unknown. Several agricultural workers are on and near the harvesting machine. What may be a sm...
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Carriage in Wheat Field

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Description: A man sits in a horse-drawn carriage in a wheat field in Brandon, Manitoba, Canada. The field has been harvested and there are piles of wheat. Several hous...
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Thrashing Rye

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Description: Several agricultural workers are shown thrashing rye. Three men are loaingd rye near a thrashing machine, which is operating. Several other men and a pair ...
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Threshing Wheat

Date: 1915
Description: Agricultural workers are shown threshing wheat in a field in the vicinity of Tulsa. The processed wheat is being piled near the equipment. The machine near...
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Harvesting Hay

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Description: Two men are shown harvesting hay, loading it onto a wagon pulled by a team of oxen. A steep hill with a small footbridge is in the background. Caption read...
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Stacking Hay

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Description: Several agricultural workers operating horse-driven machinery to stack hay. Two men stand on a large pile of hay. Caption reads: "A Hay Ranch In Colorado."
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Stacking Hay

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Description: Several agricultural workers operating horse-driven machinery to stack hay. Two men stand on a large pile of hay. Caption reads: "A Hay Ranch In Colorado."
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Baling Hay

Date: 1915
Description: Several agricultural workers are shown baling hay in the vicinity of Tulsa.
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Stacking Alfalfa

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Description: Several agricultural workers stacking alfalfa. The alfalfa is being loaded onto a horse driven wagon. In the distance, stacking machinery is being used to ...
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Picking Cotton

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Description: Agricultural workers harvesting cotton, location unknown. Some of the workers are using horse-drawn plows. Two small buildings are in the distance. Caption...
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Harvesting Hops

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Description: Agricultural workers are shown harvesting hops in the vicinity of Milford. The hops are being hand picked and loaded into a wooden bin. Caption reads: "Hop...
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Harvesting Sugar Cane

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Description: Agricultural laborers harvesting sugar cane.
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Cutting Sugar Cane

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Description: A group of agricultural workers cutting sugar cane, possibly in Morgan City. In the foreground, a young man sits on a pile of sugar cane, chewing on cane s...

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