Contributed by David Gallagher through Mark & Emily Turner Memorial Library
Description
A typical Aroostook County potato harvest crew is shown on a postcard with a 1916 postmark.
On the right is a horse-drawn one-row Hoover Paddle Digger with paddles on its wheels. The turning of the wheels on the digger powered the digging mechanism.
On the left is a drop-axle wagon loaded with empty potato barrels. Drop axle, or crank axle, construction lowered the freight bed, giving the wagon a lower center of gravity than traditional wagons for more efficient use of the horses's work. The lower freight bed height made it easier to load.
About This Item
- Title: Aroostook potato field, Presque Isle, ca. 1915
- Creation Date: circa 1915
- Subject Date: circa 1915
- Location: Presque Isle, Aroostook County, ME
- Media: Postcard
- Dimensions: 13 cm x 20 cm
- Object Type: Image
Cross Reference Searches
Standardized Subject Headings
- Harvesting machinery--Maine--Presque Isle
- Agricultural laborers--Maine
- Farms--Maine
- Potatoes--Maine
- Potatoes--Harvesting--Maine
- Agricultural machinery & implements--Maine--Presque Isle
Other Keywords
- 1916
- crank axle
- drop axle wagon
- Hoover Paddle Digger
- pickers
- potato barrels
- potato baskets
- potato harvest
For more information about this item, contact:
Mark & Emily Turner Memorial Library39 Second Street, Presque Isle, ME 04769
(207) 764-2571
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