Contributed by Nylander Museum
- Item 21298
- print page
- download web image
Purchase a reproduction of this item on VintageMaineImages.com.
Description
A Hoover paddle digger was used on this farm to partially mechanize the harvesting process. The one row Hoover Paddle Digger has paddles on the wheels. The turning of the wheels on the digger powers the digging mechanism. After the potato digger has uprooted the potatoes, the pickers follow along with baskets to collect the potatoes. When the basket is full it is dumped into a barrel. Each barrel is marked with a picker's ticket. The farmer collects the tickets and pays each picker according to the number of barrels each worker picked.
In 1922 Olof O. Nylander assembled a display of photographs, maps and charts of the Maine Swedish Colony which he displayed at the three hundredth anniversary of the founding of Gothenburg, Sweden. The series of display cards, or samlats, each featured several photographs of homes, businesses and community members from New Sweden, Woodland, Perham and Caribou.
This photograph is from samlat 12.
About This Item
- Title: Potato harvest, Woodland, ca. 1922
- Creation Date: circa 1922
- Subject Date: circa 1922
- Location: Woodland, Aroostook County, ME
- Media: Photographic print
- Dimensions: 6 cm x 10 cm
- Collection: Nylander samlat
- Object Type: Image
Cross Reference Searches
Standardized Subject Headings
- Potatoes--Harvesting--Maine--Woodland
- Swedish Americans--Maine
- Agricultural laborers--Maine--Woodland
- Farms--Maine--Woodland
- Agricultural machinery & equipment
Other Keywords
- harvester
- Hoover paddle digger
- Maine Swedish Colony
- Olof O. Nylander
- potato barrel
- potato basket
- samlat 4
For more information about this item, contact:
Nylander Museummailing address: 25 High St, street address: 657 Main St, Caribou, ME 04736
(207) 498-5923
Website
The copyright and related rights status of this item have not been evaluated. Please contact the contributing repository for more information.
Please post your comment below to share with others. If you'd like to privately share a comment or correction with MMN staff, please send us a message with this link.
