Cape Cod cranberry industry bringing in the cranberries

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Collection Type

Photography

GUSN

GUSN-179670

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General photographic collection
Standard-size photographs, 1860s-2000s
Geographic locations
Massachusetts
Massachusetts - Cape Cod
Massachusetts - Cape Cod - General - Unmounted
Cape Cod cranberry industry bringing in the cranberries
(current record)

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General photographic collection
- Standard-size photographs, 1860s-2000s
  - Geographic locations
    - Massachusetts
      - Massachusetts - Cape Cod
        Massachusetts - Cape Cod - General - Unmounted
        Picking cranberries, Cape Cod cranberry industry, Cape Cod, Mass.
        Cape Cod cranberry industry, loading the wagon with cranberries at the bog
        Cape Cod cranberry industry bringing in the cranberries (current record)
        Agricultural workers picking cranberries, Cape Cod, Mass., 1905-1915

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
agriculture
black-and-white prints (photographs)
photographs

Inscription

1549 / 23236 / BT 1051-3 / Red berries in boxes, boxes, wood ,color (handwritten)

Physical Descrption

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

Collection Code

PC001

Collection Name

General photographic collection

Date of Acquisition

1932-07-02

Reference Code

PC001.02.01.USMA.0520.0020.003

Acqusition Type

Museum Purchase

Image Dimensions

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

Places

Cape Cod (Barnstable county, Massachusetts) [peninsula]

Record Details

Originator

Thomson & Thomson (Boston, Mass.) (Photographic studio)

Material Type

black-and-white prints (photographs)
photographs

Subjects

Agricultural laborers
cranberries

Description Level

Item

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