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Picking Cherries in Door County

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Description: Elevated view of a boy holding a pail of cherries. Another filled pail rests on the ground in a Door County orchard.
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Lake Nursery Strawberry Field

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Description: Strawberry field, probably at the Lake Nursery.
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Picking Strawberries

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Description: Elevated view across field towards people picking strawberries in a field on the edge of town.
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Strawberry Picking

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Description: Men, women, and children are gathered in a field picking strawberries, probably at the Lake Nursery. Castle Mound is in the distance.
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Strawberries

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Description: A woman posing outdoor holding a box of strawberries in a field. She is wearing a kerchief to cover her hair.
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Men Planting at the Lake Nursery

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Description: Ten men are working in a field, probably planting raspberries at the Lake Nursery. Some of the men are standing watching. In the background are trees and h...
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Strawberry Picking at Lake Nursery

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Description: Man showing a carton of strawberries under an awning, while behind him men, women, and children are gathered in a field to pick strawberries, probably at t...
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Strawberry Fields at Lake's Nursery

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Description: A view of the strawberry fields at Lake's Nursery located north of Harrison and Tenth Streets. In the foreground is a rake standing upright in the ground. ...
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Cherry Harvest

Date: 1963
Description: Cherry picking on the Door Peninsula. A man is pouring cherries into boxes from a bucket.
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Raspberry Pickers

Date: 11 03 1953
Description: Myra Swingle and her two-year-old son, Lanny, picking raspberries together at their home at 2637 Hoard Street.
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Gathering Raspberries at Grant's Point

Date: 1913
Description: Elizabeth Baker and Anne Ashley gathering raspberries and getting milk on the road to Grant's Point on Madeline Island.
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Selling Cherries

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Description: Two boys standing behind a wagon or truck bed loaded with buckets full of cherries. A woman wearing a hat is standing by a building in the background.
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Turvill Family Picking Strawberries

Date: 1897
Description: The Turvill family picking strawberries on their family farm. Five family members, men and women, are crouched in the field picking, and a young girl stand...
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Berry Stand

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Description: Two men and a young boy attend to a berry stand that displays crates of unidentified berries. In the field behind the men, a large group of people are pick...
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Berry Bushes

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Description: View down row of what may be a field of berry bushes. A wood post in the foreground on the right has wire or rope supporting the row of plants. Trees and h...
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Blackberries

Date: 08 13 1921
Description: A group of berry pickers, standing in front of Island Lodge, are showing their harvest. Names from left to right: Unknown, Unknown, Elizabeth Stroh, Don De...
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Trowbridge and Holt Children

Date: 07 11 1913
Description: After berry picking, the group of Trowbridges and Holts display their tin cups filled with local fruits. Names from left to right: Calvin Trowbridge, Elean...
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Ho-Chunk and European-American Group in a Field

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Description: Several Ho-Chunk and European American men, women, and children standing and kneeling in a field. Probably picking cranberries at Gebhardt's nursery. A lar...
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Ho-Chunk and European American Group Harvesting Cranberries

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Description: Several Ho-Chunk and European American men, women, and children standing and kneeling in a field with wooden boxes. Probably picking cranberries at Gebhard...
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Ho-Chunk and European American Group Picking Cranberries

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Description: Several Ho-Chunk and European American men, women, and children standing and kneeling in a field with wooden boxes. Probably picking cranberries at Gebhard...

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