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Harvesting Cranberries

Date: 1950
Description: A group of cranberry harvesters at work.
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Steamboat "Clyde"

Date: 1870
Description: The sidewheel steam rafter "Clyde," which was the first iron hull steamboat. Sign on side of boat reads: "Dubuque, Reads Landing & Eau Claire." Agricultura...
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Christian Turck House

Date: 1900
Description: Christian Turck House built in 1835 by Turck who was a German immigrant.
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Spreading Lime

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Description: In a cloud of dust, two farmers spread lime on the field of C. Morris, Green Lake, with an endgate spreader drawn by a team of horses.
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Cranberry Harvest

Date: 1999
Description: Cranberry harvest at Warrens, the self-proclaimed cranberry capital of Wisconsin.
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George Mattis, Sr.

Date: 05 1916
Description: George Mattis, Sr., wearing overalls and a hat, poses with a plow.
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Unitarian Work Campers Cleaning School Grounds

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Description: Two work campers at the Highlander Folk School cleaning the school grounds. The boy in front is using a scythe to clear brush.
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Farmers Union Member Plowing

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Description: A youthful member of the Farmers Union, working a manual plow.
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Man Plowing Field

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Description: Man with two horses plowing a field.
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Three Men in front of Blacksmith Shop

Date: 1895
Description: Three men and a horse standing in front of a blacksmith shop which has a sign above the doorway advertising M. Karger and Brothers Clothing and Furnishing ...
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Mower in Field

Date: 1900
Description: A man is using what appears to be a mower drawn by two horses to work in a field. Farm buildings and other workers are in the background, as well as child...
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Man on Plow

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Description: Man sitting on plow driven by a tractor.
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Man Sitting on thresher behind Tractor

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Description: Man sitting behind a La Crosse tractor on a thresher.
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First Place Float

Date: 1938
Description: Man standing at the back of a manure spreader decorated with signs reading: "Sucky Likes," "It's Roasted," "Only the Finest Ingredients Go into Sucky Likes...
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Farm Scene

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Description: Three farmers scattered around a field strewn with piles of hay, and a man standing on a pile of hay on a wagon. There is a farmhouse and other buildings i...
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Picking Cotton

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Description: Agricultural workers harvesting cotton, location unknown. Some of the workers are using horse-drawn plows. Two small buildings are in the distance. Caption...
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Farming With Oxen

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Description: Farming in Cuba, with two oxen pulling a plow through the field, and a few wooden structures with thatched roofs in the background.
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Cranberry Picking

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Description: A group of men picking cranberries in a field.
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Workers' Unity House Garden

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Description: A view of the garden, with four men tending to the plants. In the background to the left are two large outbuildings connected by a smaller structure.
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Frank Otto Threshing Crew

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Description: A group of farmer workers stand with pitch forks in front of the first gas engine for threshing on the August Krenke farm. A horse-drawn vehicle is also vi...

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