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

"Harvesting Potatoes MECHANIZED FARMS The photograph on page 10 that shows two young men loading a potato truck was taken on the Myron Gartley Farm…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Harvesting Potatoes - Page 4 of 13

"Harvesting Potatoes TRACTOR POWER Potato harvester, Mapleton, ca. 1940Presque Isle Historical Society Two row potato digger, ca."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Harvesting Potatoes - Page 2 of 13

"… Potatoes LOTS OF HORSE POWER IS NEEDED X Mechanical diggers were needed to provide a more efficient way of removing potatoes from the ground."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Harvesting Potatoes - Page 3 of 13

"This made the digger easier for the horses to pull. Harvesting Potatoes, Presque Isle, 1940Presque Isle Historical Society The photograph on…"

Aroostook Historical and Art Museum

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Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Brief History

"… area, the fertility of it soil, its varied mechanical industries, its mercantile and professional pursuits, and also consider the fact that it has…"

Lubec, Maine - Canning Sardines in Lubec: Technology, the Syndicate and Labor

"… the industry, and still was “women’s work.” Some mechanization in this step is evident from the photograph."