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Showing pickers at Swift's Bog. Location: Falmouth [vicinity] - Swift's Bog, Massachusetts. – Antique Wall Art

Showing pickers at Swift's Bog. Location: Falmouth [vicinity] - Swift's Bog, Massachusetts., 9 1911 — historic image
Showing pickers at Swift's Bog. Location: Falmouth [vicinity] - Swift's Bog, Massachusetts., 9 1911. Historic image from the Thanksgiving collection.

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This historic image of Showing pickers at Swift's Bog. Location: Falmouth [vicinity] - Swift's Bog, Massachusetts. brings a moment of history to your wall. It is part of the Snapshots of the Past archive, gathered over 25 years of research.

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Showing pickers at Swift's Bog. Location: Falmouth [vicinity] - Swift's Bog, Massachusetts.

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Swift's Bog in the Falmouth area of Cape Cod is the setting for this scene, and the September 1911 date places it just before the autumn cranberry harvest. Cape bogs of this era relied heavily on hand labor, with pickers working along the vines and gathering the berries before they were sorted and shipped. Cranberries were a significant local industry, and their link to the holiday table is why the picture appears in the gallery's Thanksgiving collection. It is a useful look at the workers behind a familiar seasonal food.

Created / published9 1911
Original scan5,000 × 3,458 px · prints to 17 × 12 in at 300 dpi
Reference10

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