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Packing Cherries
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A group of men and women pack cherries on a workbench made of planks and sawhorses. Wooden fruit crates are stacked in a truck and on the ground. There are two cars in the background. The young man in the white bucket hat is the photographer's son, Fedy (Ferdinand Leonard Hotz.)
July 23, 1924
Hotz, Ferdinand
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Packing Cherries
July 23, 1924
A group of men and women pack cherries on a bench made of planks and sawhorses. Fruit crates are stacked on the ground and in the back of a nearby truck. On the right are three parked cars.
Picking Cherries
July 15, 1919
The photographer's son Fedy (Ferdinand Leonard Hotz), in hat, and daughters pick cherries at the family orchard. Two of his daughters are standing on orchard ladders; a basket and trug lie on the g...
Picking Cherries
July 15, 1919
A man and three women pick cherries. Each has a small bucket tied around their waist.
Model T Ford
July 15, 1919
The photographer's automobile parked at the entrance to his cherry orchard. A sign on the gate offers a $25 reward for information on anyone stealing fruit.
Picking Cherries
July 15, 1919
The photographer's wife, Clothilde, center, and two of his daughters, on the right, pick cherries with others in the family's orchard. They have small pails tied around their waists.
Sissy and Fedy
1913
Two of the photographer's children, Margaret (Sissy), left, and Ferdinand Leonard (Fedy), right, on Weborg Point. Fish Creek Harbor is in the background; the Hotz boathouse, with white door, and ba...
