Potato barrels at harvest, Caribou, ca. 1930
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Hardwood potato barrels set out for the potato pickers.
After the potato digger extracted the potatoes from the ground, potato pickers worked through a field gathering the potatoes into baskets then dumping them into barrels.
Pickers were paid by the barrel.
Other Information
- Title: Potato barrels at harvest, Caribou, ca. 1930
- Creator: Whitneck, George
- Creation Date: circa 1930
- Subject Date: circa 1930
- Town: Caribou
- County: Aroostook
- State: ME
- Media: Photograph
- Dimensions (cm): 12 x 17
- Object Type: Image
For more information about this item, contact:
Caribou Public Library
30 High Street, Caribou, ME 04736
(207) 493-4214
http://www.caribou-public.lib.me.us
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LC Subject Headings
Potatoes--Harvesting
Potato growers
Farming
Agricultural machinery & implements
Agricultural laborers
Barrels
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