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Wisconsin Cranberry Marsh

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Raker on a Wisconsin cranberry marsh. With a swinging motion the prongs of the rake are thrust under the lowest layer of berries, and with the left hand, the rake is pulled forward and up, completing the arc. Each raker empties his berries into a box behind him. When full these are carried off by porters. Location: Grand Rapids, Wisconsin. / Photo by courtesy of Mr. Andrew Searles the owner.

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Raker on a Wisconsin cranberry marsh. With a swinging motion the prongs of the rake are thrust under the lowest layer of berries, and with the left hand, the rake is pulled forward and up, completing the arc. Each raker empties his berries into a box behind him. When full these are carried off by porters. Location: Grand Rapids, Wisconsin. Photo by courtesy of Mr. Andrew Searles the owner

Title from NCLC caption card. In album: Agriculture. Hine no. 3768. Non-Hine photographer: Searles, Andrew. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Di More
Raker on a Wisconsin cranberry marsh. With a swinging motion the prongs of the rake are thrust under the lowest layer of berries, and with the left hand, the rake is pulled forward and up, completing the arc. Each raker empties his berries into a box behind him. When full these are carried off by porters. Location: Grand Rapids, Wisconsin. Photo by courtesy of Mr. Andrew Searles the owner

Title from NCLC caption card. In album: Agriculture. Hine no. 3767. Non-Hine photographer?: Searles, Andrew. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs D More
Raker on a Wisconsin cranberry marsh. With a swinging motion the prongs of the rake are thrust under the lowest layer of berries, and with the left hand, the rake is pulled forward and up, completing the arc. Each raker empties his berries into a box behind him. When full these are carried off by porters. Location: Grand Rapids, Wisconsin. / Photo by courtesy of Mr. Andrew Searles the owner.

Picryl description: Public domain image of working farmers, agriculture, farm, 20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.