Aroostook County potato picking, Maine, 1954

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Collection Type

Photography

Date

1954

GUSN

GUSN-194413

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Verner Reed Photographic Collection, 1950-1972
Temporary
Aroostook County potato picking, Maine, 1954
(current record)

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Verner Reed Photographic Collection, 1950-1972
- Temporary

Description

A young girl wearing a kerchief kneels in a field as she picks potatoes and places them in a large basket. Other pickers and barrels can be seen across the field.

Details

Descriptive Terms

agriculture
farms
girls
black-and-white prints (photographs)
photographs

Physical Descrption

1 photograph

Collection Code

PC044

Collection Name

Verner Reed Photographic Collection, 1950-1972

Reference Code

PC044.TMP.064

Places

Aroostook county (Maine) [county]

Record Details

Material Type

black-and-white prints (photographs)
photographs

Accruals Note

Included in the exhibition, A Changing World: New England in the Photographs of Verner Reed, 1950-1972.

Description Level

Item

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