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Cranberry Cleaning

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Man working at cranberry cleaning machine. On both sides of the machine are stacks of crates used for storing cranberries. Under the machine is the plant debris coming off of the cleaned cranberries. Another man is pushing a stack of crates on a cart on the left.

Date Created:
September 1934

Publication Information

Date Created September 1934

Physical Description

Format Image
Dimensions 13 x 11 cm

Collection Information

Source Collection Cranberry industry photographs, circa 1934-1938
Call Number PH 2816A

Copyright Information

Copyright Status COPYRIGHT NOT EVALUATED
Unique ID
W012C4G
Legacy ID
WHi 87270

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Full crate of Wisconsin cranberries.

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Badger Cranberry Company Harvest

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Cleaning Cranberries

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Men inside an open doorway of a farm building stand on a platform loading cranberries into a cleaning machine shortly after harvest.

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Cranberry Cleaning Machine

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Two men are loading cranberries into a washing machine.

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