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Sunkist Lemon Display At National Food Store

Date: 04 04 1956
Description: Refrigerated grocery display of lemons, bottled lemon juice, and canned tuna fish. The display signs indicate they are Sunkist lemons and are selling for ...
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Pontiac Potatoes

Date: 09 1984
Description: "Milton Retzlaff showed off some huge red Pontiac potatoes including a monster that weighted in at a whopping 2 1/2 pounds. Milton claims the potatoes are ...
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Ripe Pumpkin Field

Date: 09 27 1895
Description: In the cornfield of Jas. E. Seed, a number of large, yellow "Yankee" pumpkins ripen on vines. A man is crouched in the field, holding a pumpkin in his arms...
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Thayer Fruit and Vegetable Farm

Date: 09 04 1895
Description: Men displaying produce, a large cabbage and a bushel of potatoes, while standing in the gardens of the Thayer farm. Cabbage, onion, currant, and raspberry ...
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The Scott Fruit Company C-20 Truck

Date: 01 13 1936
Description: A man loads fruit crates onto the back of an International truck owned by the Scott Fruit Company Limited. Behind him is a ventilated refrigerator railroad...
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Kapec Orchard's New Market

Date: 01 04 1958
Description: Exterior view of the newly opened orchard stand at Kapec Orchard on Verona Road. The sign across the front of the building advertises fresh apples, sweet c...
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IH Passenger Bus en route in El Salvador

Date: 1968
Description: This photograph was likely taken by the International Harvester Overseas Division for promotional purposes. The original caption to the photograph reads: "...
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Farmers Waiting to Ship Harvest

Date: 09 1902
Description: Elevated view of farmers with horse-drawn wagons waiting to ship their harvest goods, probably potatoes, at an unidentified town. There are railroad tracks...
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Children Posed with Produce

Date: 1910
Description: Two children posed on porch steps with assorted garden produce. Probably from the International Harvester Co. Educational Extension Project.
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Municipal Market

Date: 1918
Description: Farm produce for sale from farm trucks at the Municipal Market on the Capitol Square. The Municipal market was established by a committee of women in July,...
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Hillsboro Canning Plant

Date: 1959
Description: An official and workmen at Hillsboro Canning Plant examining a a large truckload of corn as it's dumped into a huge unloading platform. The individuals pic...
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Workers at Hillsboro Canning Plant

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Description: Interior view of the Hillsboro Canning Plant. A row of female and male workers are standing amongst the plant's corn processing machinery. The women have t...
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Delivering Fresh Produce

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Description: Outdoor portrait of a man and child posing standing next to a wagon pulled by a team of two horses, surrounded by pumpkins and other produce in crates.
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Elevated View of Railroad Depot

Date: 08 1902
Description: Elevated view of the railroad depot taken from the wooden shake roof of a building. On the right are railroad tracks, depot buildings, grain storage and a ...
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Market Scene

Date: 1910
Description: A market stall with an array of fruits, vegetables, fish, and flowers. The shop keeper is sitting in the center just behind a wooden post. In her journal f...
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William Turvill in Rowboat Carrying Farm Produce

Date: 1897
Description: View over water towards William Turvill, rowing a boat loaded with farm produce in wooden crates and baskets. There is a tree-lined shoreline in the backgr...
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Meeting Regarding Migrant Workers Aid

Date: 05 19 1965
Description: Four women interested in migrant workers are shown examining foods picked annually by migrants. They will participate in a meeting sponsored by Covenant Pr...
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Mrs. J.L. Hill Checking Records

Date: 1941
Description: Mrs. J.L. Hill checking and keeping records of car numbers and sacks of Lerdoo Long White potato crop as it reaches the potato shed from the field.
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Frank Russell Driving Farmall H Tractor in Potato Field

Date: 1940
Description: Three-quarter view from right rear of Frank Russel driving a Farmall H tractor with a middlebuster to harvest potatoes.
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Men with Five Quality Brands of Potatoes

Date: 1941
Description: Mr. S.M. Hart, (left), supervisor of the C. and C. potato shed is proudly displaying samples of their prize potatoes now being bagged for shipment to Don F...

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