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Cranberry industry -- Pictorial works

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 24 Collections and/or Records:

Cranberrying, [between 1949 and 1951]

 Item — Oversize 1: Series 2, Folder: A
Call Number: MSS 7, Series II
Scope and Contents:

Signed by Leighton. Labeled: Cranberry gathering, Wedgewood [sic] 606.

Dates: [between 1949 and 1951]

Cranberrying: Compositional Study [1] of 3, [between 1949 and 1951]

 Item — Oversize 1: Series 2, Folder: 2
Call Number: MSS 7, Series II
Scope and Contents:

Very light, rough circular drawing of the overall composition. Labeled "Cranberrying" in upper right corner.

Dates: [between 1949 and 1951]

Cranberrying: Compositional Study [2] of 3, [between 1949 and 1951]

 Item — Oversize 1: Series 2, Folder: 2
Call Number: MSS 7, Series II
Scope and Contents:

Circular, slightly blurry image representing the composition of the final image (but in reverse).

Dates: [between 1949 and 1951]

Cranberrying: Compositional Study [3] of 3, [between 1949 and 1951]

 Item — Oversize 1: Series 2, Folder: 2
Call Number: MSS 7, Series II
Scope and Contents:

A circular drawing of the final image (in reverse). Beneath, two smaller circular drawings. Matted with a rectangular window for the large drawing, and octagonal windows for the smaller ones.

Dates: [between 1949 and 1951]

Cranberrying: Preliminary Study [1] of 8, [between 1949 and 1951]

 Item — Oversize 1: Series 2, Folder: 2
Call Number: MSS 7, Series II
Scope and Contents:

Detailed sketch of a barn with a fish-shaped weather vane on the roof. The bottom right corner of the page is cut away.

Dates: [between 1949 and 1951]

Cranberrying: Preliminary Study [2] of 8, [between 1949 and 1951]

 Item — Oversize 1: Series 2, Folder: 2
Call Number: MSS 7, Series II
Scope and Contents:

Six large sketches, clockwise from upper left: cranberry scoop, sprig of cranberries, cranberry rake with a long handle, cranberry scoop, two-pronged pitchfork, sprig of cranberry flowers. The drawings of the cranberry plant and flowers are on separate pieces of paper that have been taped into windows in this sheet. The bottom right scoop, labeled "cranberry picker", has also been taped over the page.

Dates: [between 1949 and 1951]

Cranberrying: Preliminary Study [3] of 8, [between 1949 and 1951]

 Item — Oversize 1: Series 2, Folder: 2
Call Number: MSS 7, Series II
Scope and Contents:

Seven large sketches of cranberrying equipment, including a small hand-held scoop, a paddle of some sort, two rods, a cylindrical ring/bucket, etc.

Dates: [between 1949 and 1951]

Cranberrying: Preliminary Study [4] of 8, [between 1949 and 1951]

 Item — Oversize 1: Series 2, Folder: 2
Call Number: MSS 7, Series II
Scope and Contents:

Rough sketch of figures harvesting cranberries in a hilly landscape, with some piled boxes in the center. One figure at the top seems to be waving his hand up, while a large cluster of people occupy the upper right portion.

Dates: [between 1949 and 1951]

Cranberrying: Preliminary Study [5] of 8, [between 1949 and 1951]

 Item — Oversize 1: Series 2, Folder: 2
Call Number: MSS 7, Series II
Scope and Contents:

Eight sketches of figures in varying degrees of completion. At upper left corner, a standing figure with hands on his hips. The other figures are in various kneeling positions, except one who is only visible from torso upward.

Dates: [between 1949 and 1951]

Cranberrying: Preliminary Study [6] of 8, [between 1949 and 1951]

 Item — Oversize 1: Series 2, Folder: 2
Call Number: MSS 7, Series II
Scope and Contents:

Large pile of cranberrying baskets on the left side of the page, with smaller sketches of cranberrying baskets scattered around. Burn hole in the bottom right corner.

Dates: [between 1949 and 1951]

Cranberrying: Preliminary Study [7] of 8, [between 1949 and 1951]

 Item — Oversize 1: Series 2, Folder: 2
Call Number: MSS 7, Series II
Scope and Contents:

Six figures (plus one group of three figures in bottom right) in various poses. Includes 2 sketches of men carrying boxes of cranberries, figures kneeling to scoop up cranberries, etc.

Dates: [between 1949 and 1951]

Cranberrying: Preliminary Study [8] of 8, [between 1949 and 1951]

 Item — Oversize 1: Series 2, Folder: 2
Call Number: MSS 7, Series II
Scope and Contents:

Landscape with long curving hills and a forested background. Piles of cranberry boxes visible in the middle distance. Resembles (in reverse) the landscape in the left portion of the final print.

Dates: [between 1949 and 1951]

Cranberrying: State 1, [between 1949 and 1951]

 Item — Oversize 1: Series 2, Folder: 2
Call Number: MSS 7, Series II
Scope and Contents:

No corrections visible.

Numbered 1 in upper right corner.

Dates: [between 1949 and 1951]

Cranberrying: State 2, [between 1949 and 1951]

 Item — Oversize 1: Series 2, Folder: 2
Call Number: MSS 7, Series II
Scope and Contents:

No corrections visible.

Numbered 2 in upper right corner.

Dates: [between 1949 and 1951]

Cranberrying: State 3, [between 1949 and 1951]

 Item — Oversize 1: Series 2, Folder: 2
Call Number: MSS 7, Series II
Scope and Contents:

Numbered 3 in upper right corner.

Dates: [between 1949 and 1951]

Cranberrying: State 4, [between 1949 and 1951]

 Item — Oversize 1: Series 2, Folder: 2
Call Number: MSS 7, Series II
Scope and Contents:

Poor printing quality, speckled with white dots. No corrections visible. It appears that Leighton did not incorporate many of the corrections she made to State 3 into this print.

Numbered 4 in upper right corner.

Dates: [between 1949 and 1951]

Cranberrying: State 5, [between 1949 and 1951]

 Item — Oversize 1: Series 2, Folder: 2
Call Number: MSS 7, Series II
Scope and Contents:

No visible corrections.

Numbered 5 in upper right corner.

Dates: [between 1949 and 1951]

Cranberrying: State [5a], [between 1949 and 1951]

 Item — Oversize 1: Series 2, Folder: 2
Call Number: MSS 7, Series II
Scope and Contents:

Unnumbered state. This print seems to be identical to State 5, except that Leighton has added corrections in gouache.

Dates: [between 1949 and 1951]

Cranberrying: State 6, [between 1949 and 1951]

 Item — Oversize 1: Series 2, Folder: 2
Call Number: MSS 7, Series II
Scope and Contents:

Numbered 6 in upper right corner.

Dates: [between 1949 and 1951]

Cranberrying: State 8, [between 1949 and 1951]

 Item — Oversize 1: Series 2, Folder: 2
Call Number: MSS 7, Series II
Scope and Contents:

Numbered 8 in upper right corner.

Dates: [between 1949 and 1951]