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Harvesting Cranberries
September 1972
Unidentified man working to harvest cranberries. As the berries are picked from the bog they are deposited in a small barge that moves along with the harvesting equipment.
Cranberry Cleaning Equipment
1960
Men loading freshly harvested cranberries into a cleaning machine. Plant debris is still visibly mixed in with the berries.
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.
Beauty Queen with Cranberries
1965
An unidentified beauty queen wearing a crown, along with three men, pose with harvested cranberries in a cranberry marsh.
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.
Badger Cranberry Company Harvest
September 1934
Three men, in waders, harvesting cranberries by hand with cranberry rakes. In the background other harvesting teams are visible, as well as crates of harvested cranberries scattered throughout the ...
