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Unloading Cranberries
October 1969
Dumping a truckload of freshly harvested cranberries.
Cranberry Harvester
Cranberry harvesting machine on the property of the Wisconsin Cranberry Sales Company in Wisconsin Rapids.
Cranberry Quality Control
October 1969
As the recently-harvested cranberries move past them on a conveyor belt, they are inspected for quality by a work force made up primarily of women.
Barge of Cranberries
October 1968
Elevated view of a full barge of cranberries set down along the edge of a cranberry marsh. Also pictured is cranberry harvesting equipment.
Transporting Cranberries
1978
Barges of cranberries being lifted from the marsh and loaded into the back of a truck for transport. Two men stand in a bog near more barges filled with cranberries.
Cranberry Cleaning Equipment
1960
Men loading freshly harvested cranberries into a cleaning machine. Plant debris is still visibly mixed in with the berries.
