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TitleTruckload of french fried potatoes ready for the market

Date Created1953

DescriptionPhotograph capturing the Seabrook Farms plant/ factory showing specifically the loading of french fried potatoes. The little inscription on the photograph points to the dehydration building.

Time PeriodPostwar Years (1945-1970)

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TitleCrop dusting plane over Seabrook Farms

Date Created1950-1955

DescriptionA plane doing the job of dusting fields with pesticides. In order to prevent insects and diseases that run rampant, the fields were sprayed and constantly watched with the use of airplanes,...

Time PeriodPostwar Years (1945-1970)

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TitleFile photo of Frank Hemenway.

Date Created1950-1955

DescriptionFrank Hemenway was a Production Manager at Seabrook Farms. He was involved with shift timekeeping and acted as a checker supervisor.

Time PeriodPostwar Years (1945-1970)

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TitleJosie Ikeda, Office Secretary at Seabrook Farms

Date Created1953

DescriptionJosie Ikeda, a Seabrook Farms office secretary, is pictured while reading the newspaper funnies. Josie also manned the radio station that communicated with plant facilities, private farmers in the...

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TitlePea sampling at Seabrook Farms

Date Created1950-1959

DescriptionJohn Fuyuume, the man pictured in the straw hat, is inspecting samples of peas as they are gathered from the fields. This process was part of the raw material grading and quality assurance of produce...

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TitleFrank Hemenway at the Seabrook Farms scale house

Date Created1950-1959

DescriptionFrank Hemenway of Seabrook Farms is lounging under an umbrella, waiting to check out trucks to be weighed in at the scale house.

Time PeriodPostwar Years (1945-1970)

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TitleKazuo 'Kaz' Kobayashi, Seabrook Farms

Date Created1953

DescriptionPictured is Kazuo 'Kaz' Kobayashi, a Seabrook Farms employee in the Quality Control Department. Kaz worked behind the front platform. He further inspected produce after it passed initial sample...

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TitleYohei Masatani, Seabrook Farms

Date Created1952

DescriptionYohei Masatani, the man wearing the baseball cap, is waiting for a tub to fill with harvested peas. Once the tub is filled, it is rolled over to the beginning of the marathon line in the plant.

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TitleFront platform for produce at Seabrook Farms

Date Created1950-1959

DescriptionAfter crops were picked from the fields, they were brought to the front platform pictured here at Seabrook Farms. At the platform, they were inspected, and then trucked to the processing plant. John...

Time PeriodPostwar Years (1945-1970)

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TitleWrapping machines at Seabrook Farms

Date Created1950-1959

DescriptionThe forelady - the woman in the foreground with the dark sweater and dark cap - is feeding packaged produce into a wrapping machine at Seabrook Farms. After packages are shrink-wrapped, they are...