Smallest one Merilda, picking with her sister. Location: Rochester [vicinity] - Eldridge Bog, Massachusetts.

Celia Perry. A young picker living in Rochester, Mass. Rochester [vicinity] Eldridge Bog, Massachusetts.

Camille Carmo, Justine Carmo, seven and nine years old. The older one picks about 4 pails a day. Youngest was picking also. Location: Rochester [vicinity] Eldridge Bog, Massachusetts.

Camille Carmo, Justine Carmo, seven and nine years old. The older one picks about 4 pails a day. Youngest was picking also. Location: Rochester [vicinity] Eldridge Bog, Massachusetts.

Crowded tenement used by cranberry pickers ("Bravas") or black Portuguese]. Location: Wareham, Massachusetts.

Thomas Vegas and family. Johnny, 11 years, Joe 9 years, and little Louise De Pont. Location: Falmouth [vicinity] - W.W. Eldridge, Jr., Bog, Massachusetts.

Susie Fava. Picks 8 pails a day. Said 8 years old. Gets 8 cents a pail. Location: Rochester [vicinity] Eldridge Bog, Massachusetts.

Susie Fava. Picks 8 pails a day. Said 8 years old. Gets 8 cents a pail. Location: Rochester [vicinity] Eldridge Bog, Massachusetts.

"Not a very happy job!" Mary Gilbert, said 10 years old. Lives Second Street, New Bedford. "Am pickin' now, couldn't get no place this mornin'." Location: Rochester [vicinity] Eldridge Bog, Massachusetts.

Young picker. Location: Rochester [vicinity] Eldridge Bog, Massachusetts.

Mrs. Willett and two little girls. Said 8 and 12 years old. Living in W. Wareham, Mass. Location: Rochester [vicinity] Eldridge Bog, Massachusetts.

Justina, said 7 years old, and Amelia said 9 years old. Working on Elridge Bog. Location: Rochester - near Mary's Pond, Massachusetts.

Eldridge Bog

The six quart pail used in the 1870s as a standard measurement. See A Cranberry History.