Snapshots of the Past

Young pickers on Swift's Bog. All working. Location: Falmouth [vicinity] - Swift's Bog, Massachusetts. – Antique Print

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

(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

Description

This rare historic image captures Young pickers on Swift's Bog. All working. Location: Falmouth [vicinity] - Swift's Bog, Massachusetts. in remarkable detail. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.

Choose the framed print, ready to hang the day it arrives, or the unframed print for a frame of your own. Perfect for a home, office, library or classroom wall, and a gift with a story behind it. Free shipping in the lower 48 states. Snapshots of the Past has been bringing history to the wall since 2001, for tens of thousands of customers worldwide.

Young pickers on Swift's Bog. All working. Location: Falmouth [vicinity] - Swift's Bog, Massachusetts.

Order a print

Secure checkout · SSL encryptedPowered by Stripe and PayPal

Free shipping in the lower 48 states. The checkout page shows the picture, size and price before you pay.

Sign up for our newsletter

Sent securely. No purchase needed. Unsubscribe anytime.

Ask about licensing or this print

Swift's Bog, near Falmouth in Massachusetts, is the setting, and the title stresses that every one of these young pickers is at work. The date, September 1911, falls in the early part of the cranberry season, when growers on Cape Cod relied heavily on hand labor to gather the berries. Picking was slow, stooped work, and families often brought children into the bogs to help fill boxes and crates. Pictures like this one show how seasonal harvests drew young people into farm labor.

Created / published9 1911
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan5,000 × 3,486 px · prints to 17 × 12 in at 300 dpi
Reference12

More from the Thanksgiving collection

Snapshots of the Past helps heritage brands, museums, historians and storytellers tell stories with history: historic prints, image licensing and historical storytelling drawn from more than 25 years of research and curation.

Related pictures

Showing pickers at Swift's Bog. Location: Falmouth [vicinity] - Swift's Bog, Massachusetts.Showing pickers at Swift's Bog. Location: Falmouth [vicinity] - Swift's Bog, MasCamille Carmo, Justine Carmo, seven and nine years old. The older one picks about 4 pails a day. Youngest was picking also. Location: Rochester [vicinity] Eldridge Bog, Massachusetts.Camille Carmo, Justine Carmo, seven and nine years old. The older one picks abouSmallest one Merilda, picking with her sister. Location: Rochester [vicinity] - Eldridge Bog, Massachusetts.Smallest one Merilda, picking with her sister. Location: Rochester [vicinity] - Mother and three children - Roderez family, E. Falmouth, Mass. James - 8 years; Manuel 5; Marion, the baby, 4. They pick 28 measures a day. Mother sayd, "We can't pick fast cause the baby is too fussy." Location: Falmouth - Baker Bog, Massachusetts.Mother and three children - Roderez family, E. Falmouth, Mass. James - 8 years; Group of Workers on Smart's Bog. Location: South Carver [vicinity], Massachusetts.Group of Workers on Smart's Bog. Location: South Carver [vicinity], MassachusettJoe said 6 years old and his sister said 8 years old. Nine out of the seventy workers were from 6 to 12 years old. Mostly Syrians from Boston and Providence. Location: East Wareham [vicinity] - Maple Park Bog, Massachusetts.Joe said 6 years old and his sister said 8 years old. Nine out of the seventy wo