Story: Hops, tobacco and hemp
Two hop pickers hold a sack while another gets ready to tip a bucket measure (known as a bushel) into it. Another man writes down the quantity. Behind are sack-lined bins containing hop flower cones. Pickers were paid by the number of bushels they produced in a day.
About this item
Alexander Turnbull Library, S. C. Smith Collection (PAColl-3082)
Reference: 1/1-024904; G
Photograph by Sydney Charles Smith
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