Tomatoes. Those are tomato crates on the ground and there is a woman on the left holding 3 tomatoes. In the 1930's and 1940's there were several tomato canning companies around the county. Donna -------Original Message------- From: mobarry@rootsweb.com Date: Sunday, November 18, 2007 11:16:13 To: mobarry@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [MOBARRY] Featured Photo A silly question: Does anybody know what they were canning? Patricia Topolski --- Donna Cooper <saarisr@sbcglobal.net> wrote: > List Readers: Our featured photo for this week is of the canning > factory in > Pioneer. Alice Allen shared this great old photo with us a few days > ago. > > For several days now I have been looking at this photo and wondering > who all > the people are who are pictured and thinking since the photos so > clear that > we should be able to identify some of them. So earlier this morning I > looked > through some photos that I have of the Haddock family to do a > comparison. I > may be wrong, but it looks to me like the man sitting on the crate > and > behind the tree with his arms crossed might be Claude Everett > Haddock. I > have 3 photos of him but only one really shows his face so I am not > sure > about my identity. If you can help, please let me know. My address is > given > below. > > http://www.rootsweb.com/~mobarry/oddsnends/bryfams.htm > > Again, thanks, Alice, for sharing this wonderful piece of Pioneer > history > with us. > > Donna Cooper > > > Please tell us about your Barry county ancestors. The list-admin is > Donna Cooper, address - (saarisr@sbcglobal.net) > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > MOBARRY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > _____________________________________________________________________________ ______ Be a better pen pal. Text or chat with friends inside Yahoo! Mail. See how. http://overview.mail yahoo.com/ Please tell us about your Barry county ancestors. The list-admin is Donna Cooper, address - (saarisr@sbcglobal.net) ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to MOBARRY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message .

Thanks. The reason I ask is that my husband's grandma used to go to Barry County from St. Louis every year to help her family harvest strawberries. Just wondered if they made jelly and jam, too. Patricia --- Donna Cooper <saarisr@sbcglobal.net> wrote: > Tomatoes. Those are tomato crates on the ground and there is a woman > on the > left holding 3 tomatoes. > > In the 1930's and 1940's there were several tomato canning companies > around > the county. Donna > > -------Original Message------- > > From: mobarry@rootsweb.com > Date: Sunday, November 18, 2007 11:16:13 > To: mobarry@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [MOBARRY] Featured Photo > > A silly question: Does anybody know what they were canning? Patricia > Topolski > > --- Donna Cooper <saarisr@sbcglobal.net> wrote: > > > List Readers: Our featured photo for this week is of the canning > > factory in > > Pioneer. Alice Allen shared this great old photo with us a few days > > ago. > > > > For several days now I have been looking at this photo and > wondering > > who all > > the people are who are pictured and thinking since the photos so > > clear that > > we should be able to identify some of them. So earlier this morning > I > > looked > > through some photos that I have of the Haddock family to do a > > comparison. I > > may be wrong, but it looks to me like the man sitting on the crate > > and > > behind the tree with his arms crossed might be Claude Everett > > Haddock. I > > have 3 photos of him but only one really shows his face so I am not > > sure > > about my identity. If you can help, please let me know. My address > is > > given > > below. > > > > http://www.rootsweb.com/~mobarry/oddsnends/bryfams.htm > > > > Again, thanks, Alice, for sharing this wonderful piece of Pioneer > > history > > with us. > > > > Donna Cooper > > > > > > Please tell us about your Barry county ancestors. The list-admin is > > Donna Cooper, address - (saarisr@sbcglobal.net) > > > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > MOBARRY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the > > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > > > > _____________________________________________________________________________ > ______ > Be a better pen pal. > Text or chat with friends inside Yahoo! Mail. See how. > http://overview.mail > yahoo.com/ > Please tell us about your Barry county ancestors. The list-admin is > Donna > Cooper, address - (saarisr@sbcglobal.net) > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > MOBARRY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes > in the subject and the body of the message > > . > Please tell us about your Barry county ancestors. The list-admin is > Donna Cooper, address - (saarisr@sbcglobal.net) > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > MOBARRY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > ____________________________________________________________________________________ Get easy, one-click access to your favorites. Make Yahoo! your homepage. http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs