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An onion topper, the first step in harvest mechanization on the marsh.

Drying Onions.

Mechanized harvesting of onions using tractors and pallet boxes.

Mrs. Katarina Spek made the front cover of one of the Toronto newspapers after Hurricane Hazel struck. The caption reads: "Work of saving what they can from desolation of what was one of Canada's richest market gardening areas continues. Mrs. Rudolf Spek, mother of three children, including a son in the Canadian Army in Korea, has salvaged a bag of onions."

Anna and John Sharko with celery crop in 1960.

Horse powered baler from 1907. If you have any additional information about this photo please contact the library at 905-775-3328.

Houseboats that followed the Dredge down the river.

The top photo is the sketch of the original dredger designed by Cummins. The middle photo is the finished auger-type dredger by Devald that is still in use. The bottom photo is the latest in equipment designed by Konijn for clearing silt from waterways.

The lattice type bridge, built in 1908, over the Holland River, east of Bradford. This photo, taken in the late summer of 1925, shows the two white houseboats that followed the dredge on the right hand side of the picture.

Harvest and pellet boxes If you have any additional information about this photo please contact the library at 905-775-3328.