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Two Buildings and Farm Equipment

Date: 07 1941
Description: Two buildings, perhaps outhouses, and farm equipment in the vicinity of Crandon.
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Man Driving Automobile in Field

Date: 07 1941
Description: A man is driving an automobile in a field near two buildings, perhaps outhouses.
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Waterbury Mansion

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Description: Distant view of Waterbury mansion, with field, road and fencing in the foreground.
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Men Processing Hemp Fibers

Date: 10 06 1944
Description: Two men processing hemp in a DeForest plant for use as cord and rope during World War II. The men are feeding hemp into a rolling machine which crushes the...
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Uncle Sam Plowing

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Description: Man wearing an Uncle Sam costume plowing with a team of horses for an agricultural extension demonstration. It is likely the event took place during World...
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Breeders Association Meeting

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Description: Meeting of the board of directors of the newly formed Barron County Holstein Breeders Association.
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Hot Formaldehyde Treatment

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Description: Agricultural extension demonstration on the William Wegert farm near Friendship. A group of farmers are watching a hot formaldehyde treatment on potatoes f...
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Farm Demonstration

Date: 1920
Description: A group of farmers listening to a talk by an agricultural extension representative (probably the man on the left).
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UAW Farm Implement Conference

Date: 05 10 1947
Description: Conference room at the United Auto workers (UAW) farm implement conference. Attendees sit at banquet tables and stand along the walls in the crowded room.
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UAW Farm Implement Conference

Date: 05 10 1947
Description: Conference room at the United Auto workers (UAW) farm implement conference. Attendees sit at banquet tables and stand along the walls in the crowded room.
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Cranberry Rake

Date: 1940
Description: A cranberry rake used for the manual harvest of cranberries.
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Trainees at Outdoor Lecture

Date: 1942
Description: Rio Hato Infantry Artillery School trainees gathered for an outdoor lecture. The men are all wearing helmets and fatigues, with some carrying submachine gu...
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Red Cross Worker Serves Coffee

Date: 03 1945
Description: Betty Sullivan, a Red Cross Worker, serving coffee and talking with B-29 crew at Kobler Field in Saipan. Sullivan is reaching for a large coffee pot and is...
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Military Men Crossing Wooden Bridge

Date: 07 1942
Description: A group of men from the 14th Infantry running while crossing a newly constructed wooden bridge over mud in a field in Panama. The men are in uniform and ar...
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Oxen Grazing

Date: 09 1946
Description: Two oxen hitched to a yoke grazing as a farmer, Oscar Sayles, stands beside the team. The animals are named Tom and Jerry.

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