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Cape Cod cranberry industry, loading the wagon with cranberries at the bog

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GUSN

GUSN-175527

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Description

Groups of people picking cranberries in the cranberry bog in Cape Cod, Massachusetts. There are men and women going out into the field to pick cranberries and package them in wooden crates.

Details

Descriptive Terms

fruit
bogs
crates
agricultural equipment
hand coloring
labor
black-and-white prints (photographs)
photographs

Inscription

Remarks: horse, black / wagon, blue / boxes, wood color / Red berries in boxes / (handwritten)

Physical Description

1 photograph ; 6 1/2 x 8 1/2 inches

Collection Code

PC001

Collection Name

General photographic collection

Reference Code

PC001.02.01.USMA.0520.0020.002

Image Dimensions

6 1/2 x 8 1/2 (HxW)(inches)

Places

Cape Cod (Barnstable county, Massachusetts) [peninsula]

Record Details

Material Type

black-and-white prints (photographs)
photographs

Subjects

cranberries
Agricultural laborers

Description Level

Item

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