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International Truck with Barrel Grapple, Littleton, 1945

Presque Isle: The Star City - Harvesting Potatoes - Page 11 of 13

"The truck on the left has an electric hoist. When this truck was new, truck bodies were still in the transition stage from box over the rear wheels…"

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Loading Potato Barrels, Presque Isle, 1976

Presque Isle: The Star City - Harvesting Potatoes - Page 8 of 13

"The man operating the hoist would toss grapples onto a barrel on the ground. He would push a button on the loader grip to run an electric motor that…"