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Description
Maine potato growers dumped potatoes at nine Maine-New Brunswick border crossings at dawn, March 27, 1980, to blockade Canadian potatoes from entering the U.S.
Maine growers said they can't compete with the lower Canadian potato prices.
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About This Item
- Title: Potato blockade, Fort Fairfield, 1980
- Creator: United Press International
- Creation Date: 1980-03-27
- Subject Date: 1980-03-27
- Location: Fort Fairfield, Aroostook County, ME
- Media: Photographic print
- Dimensions: 18 cm x 23 cm
- Local Code: Coll. 1880, Box 2/3
- Collection: United Press International collection
- Object Type: Image
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Standardized Subject Headings
- Agricultural laborers--Maine
- Commerce--Canada
- Commerce--United States
- Potato industry--Maine--Fort Fairfield--Photographs
- Potatoes--Maine--Fort Fairfield
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