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Mechanized harvesting of onions using tractors and pallet boxes.
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Mechanized harvesting of onions using tractors and pallet boxes.
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Looking northwest towards Bradford. Railway bridge on left. B.B. Doger, Bev and Airforce guys loading a 4 wheel drive army truck and camping trailer on scow to haul up to river to plane crash. The dock is where all hay was unloaded. Dodger is leaning on the pick-up. The boat behind the truck belonged to Marv. Shannon (it seated 6 people). He had marina boathouse (his home) off to the right of the truck.
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Breaking up land (3000 acres) on the Colbar Marsh north Bradford in the New Marsh around 1950 with a one-furrow plow. Lou Neilly (a World War II fighter pilot from Gilford) is driving the tractor and Jack Armstrong is on the plow.
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An onion topper, the first step in harvest mechanization on the marsh.
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Harvesting onions on the marsh. If you have any additional information about this photo please contact the library at 905-775-3328.
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RCAF Bomber crashed on the Marsh in the early 40's. The plane was not badly damaged as it ploughed into the muck. B.B. and Dodger Collings were hired to jack it out. Brought it to Bradford on a scow. This photo is at the dock in Bradford. Tom Collings is sitting on his dads boat.
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A boat pulling a smaller scow after the Avro Anson plane crash on the marsh. Men in photo are B.B. Dodger, Ben Woodcock, Jack Rodgers and B.B. Collings.
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ACAF Bomber crashed on the marsh in the early 40's. The plane was not badly damaged as it plowed into the muck. B.B. and Dodger Collings were hired to jack it out. They brought it to Bradford on a scow. This is at the dock in Bradford.