Maine Memory Network

Presque Isle: The Star City - Harvesting Potatoes - Page 4 of 13

"The digger shown here required a person to ride on the digger to adjust the front of the digger so that it will cut into the row at the right height."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Harvesting Potatoes - Page 3 of 13

"THE DIGGER EVOLVES Digger with Motor This one-row digger was entered in the Mapleton Days parade in June, 2009 X In the 1930s some diggers had a…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Harvesting Potatoes - Page 2 of 13

"Victor potato digger, Littleton, c. 1920Southern Aroostook Agricultural Museum Two horses were necessary to pull these early potato diggers."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Harvesting Potatoes - Page 10 of 13

""The digger broke down" meant that there will be a chance to catch up on picking potatoes or to rest or play."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Potato Harvest Memories - Page 4 of 5

"They would have to go quickly because the digger man would start coming down that row to dig the potatoes out of the ground."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Catch of the Day: Clamming and Lobstering - Page 1 of 4

"Pine Point clam diggers sold many bushels of clams to Burnham & Morrill and other dealers as well as to other diggers, but they also kept some for…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Harvesting Potatoes - Page 1 of 13

"… Historical and Art Museum PIONEERING DAYS Hand Digger Dennis Harris, Treasurer of the Caribou Historical Society, demonstrates the hand digger."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Potato Harvest Memories - Page 2 of 5

"The “digger man” was the person who drove the machine that would dig up the potatoes. The potato truck had full and empty barrels on the back of it."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Harvesting Potatoes - Page 9 of 13

"On the left is a two-row digger operated by two men. A man is behind the digger picking potatoes. A full basket of potatoes is being emptied into a…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Harvesting Potatoes - Page 6 of 13

"In the horse-drawn digger days of the early 1900s a potato picker could earn 2 or 3 cents for each full barrel."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Catch of the Day: Clamming and Lobstering - Page 2 of 4

"… Scarborough marsh diking company owners and clam diggers, boaters and fishermen who claimed that dikes shut out the overflowing tides of the…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Potato Harvest Memories - Page 1 of 5

"… Society by a private patron Two row potato digger, ca. 1935Southern Aroostook Agricultural Museum Edwena, my grandmother, told me about…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Harvesting Potatoes - Page 13 of 13

"… removes potatoes from the ground through a digger lag and conveyor system. Workers make sure the potatoes and rocks are separated."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Harvesting Potatoes - Page 5 of 13

"… After the potatoes are laid onto the row by the digger, the potato picker would first fill a basket such as the one pictured here."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Harvesting Potatoes - Page 12 of 13

"… hand grapple was made locally, probably from a digger lag. Although it took two person to load a 160 pound (81 kg) barrel with the hand grapple…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Harvesting Potatoes - Page 8 of 13

"The digger tractor driver and the truck drivers also get a chance to talk to the pickers. These gentlemen had to unload empty barrels and then load…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Catch of the Day: Clamming and Lobstering - Page 4 of 4

"… Pine Point residents have been lobstermen, clam diggers or both. The Scarborough anchorage at Pine Point is where the Scarborough, Nonesuch and…"

Surry by the Bay - Surry Opera Company

"… schoolteachers, carpenters, sawyers, clam diggers, children, architects and retirees--came together to perform the two operas at the Hancock County…"