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

"1940Presque Isle Historical Society Two row potato digger, ca. 1935Southern Aroostook Agricultural Museum One-row diggers were still used even…"

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 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 - Potato Harvest Memories - Page 1 of 5

"1935Southern Aroostook Agricultural Museum Edwena, my grandmother, told me about working in the Central Aroostook County potato fields."

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

"Don't pick any rotten potatoes. 9. Don't throw potatoes. 10, You're setting your barrels in the wrong row, I can't get the truck through."