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Cocoon-Collecting, 10-Cents a Quart — 1908-1910

  • by High Shrink
  • Posted on October 21, 2017
  • 1900s

Between 1908 and 1910, the city of Buffalo, New York issued a challenge to the city’s children: collect as many Tussock Moth cocoons as possible, and collect a bounty of ten cents a quart. Kids made lots of money and Buffalo’s trees were saved.

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