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Potato farms in Aroostook County, Me. (LOC)

from The Library of Congress

  • 1 older comment, and then…
  • gkiltz said:
    Yeah, they had airplanes. No jets yet, . that was a technology that came from the War, but there were some airplanes around as early as WWI!
  • nycynik said:
    Maybe its a blimp or balloon?
  • Miniteehee said:
    Yes t,here were planes in 1940 how do you think Pearl Harbor was bombed by the Japanese in 1941. The Wright Brother flew the first plane in 1903!

John F. Tenney supervises a conveyor belt of potatoes: Hastings, Florida

from Florida Memory

  • Pixel Wrangler said:
    "Henry Flagler built tourist hotels at St. Augustine in the late 1800s. He needed a local source of fresh vegetables for his guests, so he persuaded Thomas Horace Hastings, his cousin, to develop a farm. "A small community evolved into a town, which was named for its founder in 1890. Hastings is known as the "Potato Capital of Florida" with 21,000 acres (85 km2) of potato farms, but also produces cabbage, onions, eggplant and ornamental horticulture. "As of 2004, the population for Hastings recorded by the U.S. Census Bureau was 607." --Wilipedia

Children gathering potatoes on a large farm, vicinity of Caribou, Aroostook County, Me. Schools do not open until the potatoes are harvested. (LOC)

from The Library of Congress

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  • Stew Stryker said:
    Yeah, kids these days are so spoiled! :-)
  • artpease said:
    I picked a few potatoes as a kid in Orford, NH. Damned hard work and a good reason to become a teacher;-)
  • Tony Colonello said:
    This is exactly why we need illegal aliens....so our children can sit in front of the TV playing video games all day.
  • vinod... said:
    Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Child Labour and Education International, and we'd love to have this added to the group!
  • vinod... said:
    I also invite you to join Child Labour and Education International and share more photos and views..!