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Cherry Growers Inc. Equipment.

Cherry trees in blossom.

Boy picking cherries.

Close up of an automated cherry pitter.

Mecanical cherry sorters like this one replaced hand sorting. Cameras identified dark defects in cherries and compressed air blows the rejects away. Each machine could sort a ton per hour.

Cherry containers ready to be taken to the processing plant.

Cherries being hand sorted at the Cherry Growers canning plant.

Cherry canning line.

Black and white photograph of cars in Cherry Festival Parade, ca 1946. The front one has a sign reading, "Ward Eaton 'Studebaker'. "

Black and white photograph of workers sorting cherries at Cherry Growers Inc., 1960-1980.