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Historical Items

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Item 10108

Watson Sprayer, Houlton, ca. 1915

Contributed by: Aroostook County Historical and Art Museum Date: circa 1915 Location: Houlton Media: Photographic print

Item 22102

Spraying a potato field, New Sweden, ca. 1922

Contributed by: Nylander Museum Date: circa 1922 Location: New Sweden Media: Photographic print

Item 13198

Crop sprayer, Caribou, ca. 1940

Contributed by: Caribou Public Library Date: circa 1940 Location: Caribou Media: Photographic print

Site Pages

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Presque Isle: The Star City - Jasper Beckwith Spraying Potatoes, Presque Isle, 1940

"Here is shown a type of sprayer that appears to power the pump off the wheels. View additional information about this item on the Maine Memory…"

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Presque Isle: The Star City - King Farm, Presque Isle, ca. 1920

"… means that the pump was probably powered by the sprayer wheels.The potato plants appear to be in blossom, so the photograph was taken sometime in…"

My Maine Stories

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The future of potato growing
by Dan Blackstone

Informed by six generations of potato farming