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Presque Isle: The Star City - Potato Harvest Memories - Page 3 of 5
"Potato Harvest Memories Click here to visit Richard Rand's Harvesting Potatoes. Potato Barrel Truck, Presque IslePresque Isle Historical…"
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Historic Hallowell - Ice Harvesting on Cascade Pond
"Ice Harvesting on Cascade Pond Ice harvesting and storage for summer use was prevalent through the land."
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Historic Hallowell - Ice Harvesting on Cascade Pond ~ A Family Affair
"Ice Harvesting on Cascade Pond ~ A Family Affair Arthur Moore relates tales of ice-cutting in Hallowell."
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Presque Isle: The Star City - Harvesting Potatoes - Page 9 of 13
"Harvesting Potatoes A POTATO HARVESTING SCENE A Potato Harvesting Scene, Presque Isle, 1945Presque Isle Historical Society This painting by…"
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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…"
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Presque Isle: The Star City - Harvesting Potatoes - Page 1 of 13
"This exhibit will concentrate on the harvesting aspect of the potato industry. With the arrival of railroads, new markets were opened for Aroostook…"
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Presque Isle: The Star City - Potato Harvest Memories - Page 4 of 5
"Potato Harvest Memories Out in the fields there were no outhouses. If the workers had to use the bathroom, they would put barrels around themselves."
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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."
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Presque Isle: The Star City - Harvesting Potatoes - Page 3 of 13
"Harvesting Potatoes DIGGER LAGS SIFT OUT THE DIRT Picking potatoes, Presque Isle, 1939Presque Isle Historical Society Lags on a Digger X…"
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Presque Isle: The Star City - Potato Harvest Memories - Page 5 of 5
"Potato Harvest Memories Presque Isle Historical Society Presque Isle Historical Society One of the fields had trees around it."
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Presque Isle: The Star City - Harvesting Potatoes - Page 11 of 13
"Harvesting Potatoes RESTORED POTATO BARREL TRUCKS International Truck with Barrel Grapple, Littleton, 1945Southern Aroostook Agricultural…"
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Presque Isle: The Star City - Harvesting Potatoes - Page 10 of 13
"Harvesting Potatoes IT'S NOT ALL WORK Break Time Image is from USDA 1976 Yearbook of Agroculture THE FACE OF RURAL AMERICA X Frequently, the…"
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Presque Isle: The Star City - Potato Harvest Memories - Page 2 of 5
"Potato Harvest Memories Presque Isle Historical Society Presque Isle Historical Society One hot day she was waiting for the digger man…"
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Presque Isle: The Star City - Potato Harvest Memories - Page 1 of 5
"Potato Harvest Memories Text by Isaac, a Presque Isle Middle School student Images from the Presque Isle Historical Society by a private patron…"
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Presque Isle: The Star City - Harvesting Potatoes - Page 7 of 13
"Harvesting Potatoes ONTO THE TRUCK Sweetser Farm, Presque Isle, ca. 1900Presque Isle Historical Society Around 1900, barrels were transported…"
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Presque Isle: The Star City - Harvesting Potatoes - Page 2 of 13
"Harvesting Potatoes LOTS OF HORSE POWER IS NEEDED X Mechanical diggers were needed to provide a more efficient way of removing potatoes from…"
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Presque Isle: The Star City - Harvesting Potatoes - Page 5 of 13
"Harvesting Potatoes INTO THE BASKET FIRST Potato Picker's Basket, Presque Isle, ca. 1940Presque Isle Historical Society After the potatoes…"
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Presque Isle: The Star City - Harvesting Potatoes - Page 6 of 13
"Harvesting Potatoes THEN INTO THE BARREL Softwood potato barrel, Hodgdon, ca. 1950Southern Aroostook Agricultural Museum Potato picker's…"
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Presque Isle: The Star City - Harvesting Potatoes - Page 12 of 13
"Harvesting Potatoes BARREL GRAPPLES Hand Grapple, Presque Isle, ca. 1910Presque Isle Historical Society Potato Barrel Grapple, Presque…"
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Presque Isle: The Star City - Harvesting Potatoes - Page 8 of 13
"Harvesting Potatoes WORKING ON BACK Loading Potato Barrels, Presque Isle, 1976Presque Isle Historical Society During the 1940s, battery…"
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"Ice harvesting began to expand as the demand for chilled food and drinks grew. Ice was the primary way of preserving food until freon refrigeration…"
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Historic Hallowell - Wire, Ice, and Iron Industries
"Ice harvesting, Cascade Pond, Hallowell, ca. 1930Hubbard Free Library Milliken's Crossing, Looking north on Water Street, Hallowell, ca."
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Presque Isle: The Star City - Loading sugar beets, Aroostook County, ca. 1975
"… when both potatoes and sugar beets needed to be harvested at the same time. Sugar beets consequently fell out of favor."
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"Biddeford and Saco were well known for ice harvesting, granite cutting, and cotton textile manufacturing."