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Collection Summary
Collection: 00075 - Historical Data Project Photograph Collection
Folder: 0014
Item: 00543
Title: Potato harvest crew work a field somewhere in eastern North Dakota
Date: 1936-1942
Creator: Northern Pacific Railway Company
Inscription/Marks: On the back: col. 75/543, "Potato harves Eastern N.D." a credit stamp of the Northern Pacific Ry, and "Berg".
Summary: The potato harvest is proceeding well by the look of the bags lining a field in eastern North Dakota. Workers are busy filling burlap bags with the spuds and loading the filled bags onto the bed of a farm truck. A half dozen workers are working this section of a vast field. Tree rows are dotted across the flat horizon.
Red ID: PH_I_144999 Image ID: 101357 Image Notes: 00075-00543-back

Collection: 00075 Digitized Images from Collection
Title: Historical Data Project Photograph Collection
Date: 1896-1942

Summary: Includes WPA buildings, road construction projects, images of drought, farming, irrigation projects, coal mining, 4-H activities, agriculture students in the National Youth Administration program, and North Dakota pioneers.

This image may be restricted. Contact reference staff for assistance.
Collection Summary
Collection: 00075 - Historical Data Project Photograph Collection
Folder: 0014
Item: 00543
Title: Potato harvest crew work a field somewhere in eastern North Dakota
Date: 1936-1942
Creator: Northern Pacific Railway Company
Inscription/Marks: On the back: col. 75/543, "Potato harves Eastern N.D." a credit stamp of the Northern Pacific Ry, and "Berg".
Summary: The potato harvest is proceeding well by the look of the bags lining a field in eastern North Dakota. Workers are busy filling burlap bags with the spuds and loading the filled bags onto the bed of a farm truck. A half dozen workers are working this section of a vast field. Tree rows are dotted across the flat horizon.
Red ID: PH_I_144999 Image ID: 106033 Image Notes: 00075-00543

Collection: 00075 Digitized Images from Collection
Title: Historical Data Project Photograph Collection
Date: 1896-1942

Summary: Includes WPA buildings, road construction projects, images of drought, farming, irrigation projects, coal mining, 4-H activities, agriculture students in the National Youth Administration program, and North Dakota pioneers.

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