{"id":399,"date":"2014-07-01T13:12:38","date_gmt":"2014-07-01T17:12:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/umaine.edu\/aroostookfarm\/?p=399"},"modified":"2014-07-01T13:12:38","modified_gmt":"2014-07-01T17:12:38","slug":"historic-photos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/aroostookfarm\/2014\/07\/01\/historic-photos\/","title":{"rendered":"historic photos"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[slidepress gallery=&#8217;af-historic-photos&#8217;]<\/p>\n<figure id=\"384\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-384\" alt=\"Aroostook Farm\" src=\"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/aroostookfarm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/136\/2014\/07\/AF-house-and-barn-300x211.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"211\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Aroostook Farm soon after acquisition by the Maine Agricultural Experiment Station<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"411\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-411\" alt=\"potato digger\" src=\"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/aroostookfarm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/136\/2014\/07\/AF-potato-digger-300x204.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"204\" srcset=\"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/aroostookfarm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/136\/2014\/07\/AF-potato-digger-300x204.jpg 300w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/aroostookfarm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/136\/2014\/07\/AF-potato-digger-105x71.jpg 105w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/aroostookfarm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/136\/2014\/07\/AF-potato-digger-210x143.jpg 210w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/aroostookfarm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/136\/2014\/07\/AF-potato-digger-317x216.jpg 317w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/aroostookfarm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/136\/2014\/07\/AF-potato-digger-634x431.jpg 634w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/aroostookfarm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/136\/2014\/07\/AF-potato-digger-423x288.jpg 423w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/aroostookfarm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/136\/2014\/07\/AF-potato-digger-846x575.jpg 846w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/aroostookfarm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/136\/2014\/07\/AF-potato-digger-951x647.jpg 951w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/aroostookfarm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/136\/2014\/07\/AF-potato-digger.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 320px) 85vw, (max-width: 768px) 67vw, (max-width: 1024px) 62vw,300px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">An Aroostook Farm potato digger drawn by horses, from the early 1920s.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"410\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-410\" alt=\"roguing\" src=\"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/aroostookfarm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/136\/2014\/07\/AF-historic-roguing-69-1932-potatoes-300x231.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"231\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Roguing diseased potato plants at Aroostook Farm. Photo from 1932.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"409\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-409\" alt=\"planting\" src=\"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/aroostookfarm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/136\/2014\/07\/AF-historic-field-horses-300x227.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"227\" srcset=\"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/aroostookfarm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/136\/2014\/07\/AF-historic-field-horses-300x227.jpg 300w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/aroostookfarm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/136\/2014\/07\/AF-historic-field-horses-1024x776.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/aroostookfarm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/136\/2014\/07\/AF-historic-field-horses-105x80.jpg 105w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/aroostookfarm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/136\/2014\/07\/AF-historic-field-horses-210x159.jpg 210w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/aroostookfarm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/136\/2014\/07\/AF-historic-field-horses-317x240.jpg 317w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/aroostookfarm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/136\/2014\/07\/AF-historic-field-horses-634x481.jpg 634w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/aroostookfarm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/136\/2014\/07\/AF-historic-field-horses-423x321.jpg 423w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/aroostookfarm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/136\/2014\/07\/AF-historic-field-horses-846x641.jpg 846w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/aroostookfarm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/136\/2014\/07\/AF-historic-field-horses-951x721.jpg 951w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/aroostookfarm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/136\/2014\/07\/AF-historic-field-horses.jpg 1150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 320px) 85vw, (max-width: 768px) 67vw, (max-width: 1024px) 62vw,300px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Early photo of potato planting at Aroostook Farm. Photo ca. 1916.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"408\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-408\" alt=\"boarding house\" src=\"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/aroostookfarm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/136\/2014\/07\/AF-historic-boarding-house-300x221.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"221\" srcset=\"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/aroostookfarm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/136\/2014\/07\/AF-historic-boarding-house-300x221.jpg 300w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/aroostookfarm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/136\/2014\/07\/AF-historic-boarding-house-105x77.jpg 105w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/aroostookfarm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/136\/2014\/07\/AF-historic-boarding-house-210x155.jpg 210w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/aroostookfarm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/136\/2014\/07\/AF-historic-boarding-house-317x234.jpg 317w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/aroostookfarm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/136\/2014\/07\/AF-historic-boarding-house-634x467.jpg 634w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/aroostookfarm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/136\/2014\/07\/AF-historic-boarding-house-423x312.jpg 423w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/aroostookfarm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/136\/2014\/07\/AF-historic-boarding-house-846x623.jpg 846w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/aroostookfarm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/136\/2014\/07\/AF-historic-boarding-house.jpg 882w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 320px) 85vw, (max-width: 768px) 67vw, (max-width: 1024px) 62vw,300px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Boarding house at Aroostook Farm.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"407\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-407\" alt=\"pathologists\" src=\"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/aroostookfarm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/136\/2014\/07\/AF-historic-1916-pathologists-300x212.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"212\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Plant pathologists at Aroostook Farm in 1916.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"406\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-406\" alt=\"sprayer\" src=\"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/aroostookfarm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/136\/2014\/07\/AF-historic-40-RB-76-potatoes-300x206.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"206\" srcset=\"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/aroostookfarm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/136\/2014\/07\/AF-historic-40-RB-76-potatoes-300x206.jpg 300w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/aroostookfarm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/136\/2014\/07\/AF-historic-40-RB-76-potatoes-105x72.jpg 105w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/aroostookfarm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/136\/2014\/07\/AF-historic-40-RB-76-potatoes-210x144.jpg 210w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/aroostookfarm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/136\/2014\/07\/AF-historic-40-RB-76-potatoes-317x218.jpg 317w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/aroostookfarm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/136\/2014\/07\/AF-historic-40-RB-76-potatoes-634x436.jpg 634w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/aroostookfarm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/136\/2014\/07\/AF-historic-40-RB-76-potatoes-423x291.jpg 423w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/aroostookfarm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/136\/2014\/07\/AF-historic-40-RB-76-potatoes.jpg 655w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 320px) 85vw, (max-width: 768px) 67vw, (max-width: 1024px) 62vw,300px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Spraying potatoes in 1940.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"405\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-405\" alt=\"potato cages\" src=\"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/aroostookfarm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/136\/2014\/07\/AF-historic-36-20C-potato-cages-300x212.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"212\" srcset=\"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/aroostookfarm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/136\/2014\/07\/AF-historic-36-20C-potato-cages-300x212.jpg 300w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/aroostookfarm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/136\/2014\/07\/AF-historic-36-20C-potato-cages-105x74.jpg 105w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/aroostookfarm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/136\/2014\/07\/AF-historic-36-20C-potato-cages-210x148.jpg 210w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/aroostookfarm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/136\/2014\/07\/AF-historic-36-20C-potato-cages-317x224.jpg 317w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/aroostookfarm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/136\/2014\/07\/AF-historic-36-20C-potato-cages-423x299.jpg 423w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/aroostookfarm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/136\/2014\/07\/AF-historic-36-20C-potato-cages.jpg 454w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 320px) 85vw, (max-width: 768px) 67vw, (max-width: 1024px) 62vw,300px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Potato cages at Aroostook Farm, 1936.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"404\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-404\" alt=\"potato\" src=\"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/aroostookfarm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/136\/2014\/07\/AF-historic-15-1932-potato-211x300.jpg\" width=\"211\" height=\"300\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Potato tuber showing sprouts as part of storage experiment. Photo from 1934.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"403\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-403\" alt=\"field day\" src=\"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/aroostookfarm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/136\/2014\/07\/AF-field-day-1923-300x207.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"207\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Field day at Aroostook Farm in 1923.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-402\" alt=\"boarding house\" src=\"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/aroostookfarm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/136\/2014\/07\/AF-boarding-house-300x207.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"207\" \/><\/p>\n<figure id=\"401\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-401\" alt=\"spray tank\" src=\"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/aroostookfarm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/136\/2014\/07\/AF-1916-spray-tank-300x163.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"163\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Spray tank at Aroostook Farm. Photo from 1916.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-400\" alt=\"spray tank\" src=\"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/aroostookfarm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/136\/2014\/07\/AF-1916-spray-mixing-300x171.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"171\" \/><\/p>\n<figure id=\"382\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-382\" alt=\"Aroostook Farm\" src=\"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/aroostookfarm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/136\/2014\/07\/AF-historic-from-south-300x213.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"213\" srcset=\"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/aroostookfarm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/136\/2014\/07\/AF-historic-from-south-300x213.jpg 300w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/aroostookfarm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/136\/2014\/07\/AF-historic-from-south-105x75.jpg 105w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/aroostookfarm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/136\/2014\/07\/AF-historic-from-south-210x149.jpg 210w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/aroostookfarm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/136\/2014\/07\/AF-historic-from-south-317x225.jpg 317w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/aroostookfarm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/136\/2014\/07\/AF-historic-from-south-634x451.jpg 634w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/aroostookfarm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/136\/2014\/07\/AF-historic-from-south-423x301.jpg 423w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/aroostookfarm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/136\/2014\/07\/AF-historic-from-south-846x602.jpg 846w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/aroostookfarm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/136\/2014\/07\/AF-historic-from-south-951x676.jpg 951w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/aroostookfarm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/136\/2014\/07\/AF-historic-from-south.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 320px) 85vw, (max-width: 768px) 67vw, (max-width: 1024px) 62vw,300px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Aroostook Farm house and barn looking from the south.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[slidepress gallery=&#8217;af-historic-photos&#8217;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":252,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_kad_blocks_custom_css":"","_kad_blocks_head_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_body_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_footer_custom_js":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":"","spc_primary_category":0},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-399","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"taxonomy_info":{"category":[{"value":1,"label":"Uncategorized"}]},"featured_image_src_large":false,"author_info":{"display_name":"","author_link":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/aroostookfarm\/author\/"},"comment_info":0,"category_info":[{"term_id":1,"name":"Uncategorized","slug":"uncategorized","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":1,"taxonomy":"category","description":"","parent":0,"count":1,"filter":"raw","cat_ID":1,"category_count":1,"category_description":"","cat_name":"Uncategorized","category_nicename":"uncategorized","category_parent":0}],"tag_info":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/aroostookfarm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/399","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/aroostookfarm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/aroostookfarm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/aroostookfarm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/252"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/aroostookfarm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=399"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/aroostookfarm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/399\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/aroostookfarm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=399"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/aroostookfarm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=399"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/aroostookfarm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=399"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}