Strawberry Fields
“Strawberry Fields, Burlington County” 1869
Source, Harper’s Weekly, July 3, 1869
Source, Harper’s Weekly, July 3, 1869
This 1869 newspaper engraving shows women, children, and men at work picking strawberries for William Parry of Cinnaminson. Strawberries were an important commercial crop for urban markets and whole families turned out for the work of harvesting.