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Smallest one Merilda, picking with her sister. Location: Rochester [vicinity] - Eldridge Bog, Massachusetts. – Antique Print

Smallest one Merilda, picking with her sister. Location: Rochester [vicinity] - Eldridge Bog, Massachusetts., 9 1911 — historic image
Smallest one Merilda, picking with her sister. Location: Rochester [vicinity] - Eldridge Bog, Massachusetts., 9 1911. Historic image from the Thanksgiving collection.

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Smallest one Merilda, picking with her sister. Location: Rochester [vicinity] - Eldridge Bog, Massachusetts. comes to life in this historic image, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. It is part of the Snapshots of the Past archive, gathered over 25 years of research.

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Smallest one Merilda, picking with her sister. Location: Rochester [vicinity] - Eldridge Bog, Massachusetts.

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Two young girls are working among the vines in this September 1911 view of Eldridge Bog near Rochester, Massachusetts, where the smallest child, Merilda, picks alongside her sister. Cranberry harvests in southeastern Massachusetts relied heavily on family labor well into the early twentieth century, and children were often put to work sorting and gathering the berries. Bogs like this one were flooded or drained by hand-dug channels and ditches, and the autumn harvest was a busy, seasonal effort. The photograph offers a close look at how the work was shared across generations.

Created / published9 1911
Original scan5,000 × 3,461 px · prints to 17 × 12 in at 300 dpi
Reference11

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