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Photograph

Vegetables at Union High School Agricultural Fair

Date: 10 05 1912
Description: Tagged vegetables, including pumpkins, potatoes, corn, and etc., displayed on a shelf and floor in a room.
Photograph

TD-35 TracTracTor with Beet Puller

Date: 10 27 1936
Description: A man operates an International TD-35 TracTracTor (crawler tractor) while using a two-row beet puller to do field work on an 850-acre farm. The equipment ...
Poster

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

Date: 1944
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...
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

Carrot Packing at Warehouse

Date: 1972
Description: Women workers, probably at a California warehouse, size, weigh, and bag carrots for market.
Photograph

Farmall AV Tractor Advertisement

Date: 1941
Description: Advertisement for the McCormick-Deering Farmall AV tractor. Features one color and one black/white illustration of tractors and a photograph of a man usin...
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 ...
Print

Victory Garden Seed Order Form

Date: 1943
Description: Front side of order blank for Aunt Jenny's Garden for Victory seeds featuring a drawing of a woman and several vegetables.
Historical Object

Ocean View Brand Reused Label

Date: 1918
Description: Emergency label for Ocean View Early June Peas printed over an unused wax beans label. The label shows a bowl of cut wax beans on one side and a view of th...
Photograph

Food Conservation Window Display

Date: 1917
Description: Display in an unknown storefront urging food conservation. The display features small figures made out of vegetables.
Postcard

Tall-tale Postcard: String Beans

Date: 1910
Description: Two girls stand in front of a large pile of giant string beans. Red text in the upper portion of the image reads, "How we do things at Ihlen, Minn."
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

Man in Bean Garden

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Description: A man stands in front of several very tall bean plants. Photograph taken in a company town of Consolidated Coal Company.
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

Grocer Receiving Shipment of Produce

Date: 1915
Description: Two International trucks parked outside Atkin & Tharp grocery store with shipments of produce. The grocer is leaning against one of the trucks and the deli...
Photograph

International Model M Truck Loaded with Squash

Date: 1913
Description: Man parked in an International Model M truck outside a suburban or rural home with an overflowing bed of squash or pumpkins.
Photograph

Consolidated Coal Company Town Garden

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Description: View of a family garden in the company town of Consolidation Coal Company. A woman with a basket stands in the middle of the garden holding up produce. The...
Photograph

Consolidated Coal Company Town Garden

Date: 
Description: View of a garden in the company town of Consolidation Coal. Features a woman in a bountiful tomato garden carrying a basket full of tomatoes.
Photograph

"A Load of Montana Spuds"

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Description: A view of a man driving a horse-drawn wagon which is loaded with giant, six-foot-high potatoes, probably to be used as a tall-tale postcard. Caption reads:...

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