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Tall-tale Postcard: Fertile Lands with Potato

Date: 1910
Description: A giant, oddly-shaped potato rests on a flatbed railroad car. A horse-drawn carriage with a driver is visible behind the train. White bags filled with pota...
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Digging Potatoes

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Description: Men and a young boy digging potatoes in a field.
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Potato Harvest

Date: 1895
Description: A bearded man stands in a vegetable garden holding a hat full of potatoes. There is a carriage with a team of horses on the road beside the garden.
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Man Using Horse-Drawn Potato Digger

Date: 10 27 1923
Description: Three-quarter view from left rear of a man using a team of two horses to pull a potato digger in a field.
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Field of Harvested Potatoes

Date: 10 27 1923
Description: View down field of harvested potatoes. A man wearing a suit and hat is standing on the left and looking down at a basket of potatoes. More baskets of potat...
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Field of Harvested Potatoes

Date: 10 27 1923
Description: Rear view of a man using a horse-drawn potato digger in a field. Baskets of harvested potatoes are scattered among the rows.
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Man Using Horse-Drawn Potato Digger

Date: 10 27 1923
Description: View across field of harvested potatoes towards a man using a horse-drawn potato digger. There are other people in the background, and baskets of harvested...
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Man Driving Tractor Pulling Potato Planter

Date: 11 04 1926
Description: Rear view of a man driving a tractor pulling a potato planter in a field. There is a wagon or truck parked in the background on the left. A dog in the fiel...
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Men in Field Harvesting Potatoes

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Description: View of a group of men and boys standing in a field. They are harvesting potatoes with horses and horse-drawn implements. Hand-tinted lantern slide.
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Mule Drawn Potator Diggers

Date: 05 01 1928
Description: A man is sitting on a mule-drawn potato digger in a field. A child is standing on the far left.

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