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1. Potato harvest on Bobson Ranch

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Potato harvest on Bobson Ranch near Gypsum. The unearthed potatoes are put on the horse-drawn sorter by hand. Two men are filling the sack from the sorter. Filled sacks are left upright in the rows to be loaded onto carts. [Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]

2. Potato sorter

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A potato sorter (pulled by horse) shakes potatoes of similar sizes into sacks during the potato harvest on the Sherman Brothers Ranch.

3. Potato digger with 4-head team

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Frank Schoonover sitting on potato digger with Joe Dice (7 or 8 years old) standing, facing the camera. The digger is pulled by a 4-head team during potato harvest on the Shryack Place, lower Brush Creek. Farm buildings in right background.

4. Potato harvesting, horse teams

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Horse teams turning furrows while harvesters fill sacks with potatoes on the Sherman Brothers Ranch.

5. Potato harvest at the Bobson Ranch

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Three men during the potato harvest on Bobson Ranch, Gypsum. Sigurd Bobson wearing glasses is in the middle. The horse is pulling a sorter/bagger on a sledge. Extra bags are held underneath the sorter tray. [Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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