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Two Farmers Picking Corn

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Description: Two farmers kneel in a field picking corn and to load it into the open back of a horse-drawn wagon. Corn stalks and leaves litter the ground around the far...
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Mink Trapping on the Wolf River

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Description: A hunter, sporting cold weather attire and thigh-high rubber boots, pulls a mink in a trap off the shoreline and on to his small, motorized, fishing boat. ...
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Harvey Blue Drilling Hole for Maple Syrup

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Description: Harvey Blue standing in the snow and drilling a hole in a tree for maple syrup using a hand-drill. There is an axe resting in the snow next to him. Image t...
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Fox Hunting

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Description: Group portrait of men after a fox hunt. Four men kneel on the ground next to their hunting dogs and rifles. The men are clad in heavy boots, gloves, and co...
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Livestock Auction

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Description: Elevated view of a livestock auction. Men and young boys stand around a cattle pen viewing a cow at a livestock auction. The men are dressed in hats and co...
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Harvesting Onions

Date: 1965
Description: A farmer drives a tractor through a field harvesting onions.
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Sleigh Ride in Outagamie County

Date: 1953
Description: Winter scene with a farmer driving a team of horses pulling a large wooden sled on a snow-covered road. Standing to his side, from left to right, is Marge ...
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Planting Pine Tree Seedlings

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Description: Four men prepare pine tree seedlings for planting in an open field. One man drives a small tractor, while two men stand behind. Another man sits on a tree ...
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Bundling a Norway Pine

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Description: Two men bundle a Norway Pine with twine using a home-made twine baler in a clearing. Two dogs stand between the men and a pile of bundled trees.
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Hauling Maple Sap

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Description: Three men hauling maple sap to an outdoor, wood-burning stove using two horses. One man is standing and holding the reins to the horses while the other two...
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Cooking Maple Sap

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Description: Two men are cooking maple sap over a wood burning cauldron in a clearing. One man is feeding the fire with logs while the other man is pouring in the sap. ...
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Checking the Syrup in a Modern Evaporator

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Description: View of Wilmer Schulz, near High Cliff State Park, checking the syrup in a modern evaporator while standing over a vat of boiling syrup. Large piles of fue...
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Collecting Maple Sap in Bags

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Description: A man is collecting maple sap in clear rubber sap bags connected to a tree. Snow is on the ground.
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Spiegel Family Butchering Chickens

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Description: Six men of the Spiegel family stand outdoors around a long wooden table butchering chickens. The table is covered with large steel pots and pieces of meat....
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Elmer Harris Gathering Sap from Trees

Date: 1966
Description: Elmer Harris is pouring sap into a large container on a Farmall tractor-pulled trailer. The forest has large, tapped Maple trees with buckets collecting th...
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Maple Syrup Shack

Date: 1966
Description: View of a maple syrup shack on the side of a hill. Smoke is billowing out of the doorway, which is blocked by a wheel barrel full of wood. Two men are in t...
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Ship Building

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Description: A crane lowers a beam onto the frame of a boat. Workers can be seen standing along the top of the vessel and scaling a ladder. Construction equipment and m...
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Construction of the Stern of a Ship

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Description: A man wearing a hardhat stands on scaffolding at the stern of a ship under construction. Beams and other shipbuilding material can be seen scattered around...
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Checking the Syrup in a Modern Evaporator near High Cliff State Park

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Description: View of Wilmer Schulz checking the syrup in a modern evaporator near High Cliff State Park. Schulz is standing and holding a testing tool behind one of the...
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Pouring Maple Sap into Vat

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Description: Harvey Blue, standing next to a wood burning fire pit. He is pouring maple sap into a large vat, which is in a forest clearing.

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