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Fauerbach Freight Cars

Date: 07 17 1934
Description: Two railroad freight cars with Fauerbach Beer signs covering their sides are parked outdoors on railroad tracks in a railroad yard.
Postcard

Farmworkers Taking a Break

Date: 1913
Description: Group of farm workers, men and women, posing in a field, holding various beverages. One man has his arm over a barrel on a stand in the center. In the back...
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Ragweed Field Near Oscar Mayer and Company Plant

Date: 08 08 1949
Description: A ragweed field near the Oscar Mayer and Company plant at 910 Mayer Avenue. When the ragweed blooms, it will cause misery for Madison's hayfever victims.
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Family Garden

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Description: A family garden in a company town for the Consolidation Coal Co. Five people are displaying their produce among the garden and the nearby buildings.
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Harvesting of Grapes

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Description: A view of men and women harvesting grapes in a field.
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Cutting Sugar Cane

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Description: Men and women cutting sugar cane by hand in a field. Caption reads: "Cutting Sugar Cane, Morgan City, LA."
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Widmer Cheese Factory

Date: 08 1947
Description: "Widmer Cheese Factory."
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Harvesting Tomatoes in Rio Grande Valley

Date: 1970
Description: Migrant farm workers harvesting tomatoes in the Rio Grande Valley.

Obreros Unidos (United Workers) grew in Wisconsin during the 1960s and had deep roots ...

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Watt Children in Field with Lamb

Date: 1900
Description: Glendora and Russell Watt, the children of Ephraim and Adelaide Watt are standing with a lamb in an open field. Glendora is holding a bottle for feeding th...
Print

Kreme-O-Maltz, Malt Syrup Label

Date: 1929
Description: Label submitted to the state of Wisconsin for trademark registration. "Kreme-O-Maltz, Light Hop Flavor, Malt Syrup." Distributed by the Oshkosh Maltz Produ...
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Boy Strikes Against Libby, McNeill & Libby, Inc.

Date: 1967
Description: A nine-year old Jamaican boy wearing a backwards cap, plaid jacket, jeans, and sneakers. He is holding two buckets and is looking at the camera. He is join...
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Tomato Harvester in South Texas

Date: 1970
Description: A woman holding a bucket and wearing a covering over her head, a checkered long sleeve shirt, pants, and gloves. She is standing behind crates of Roma toma...
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William Krueger House

Date: 05 1899
Description: View of William Krueger's house across the road from the Krueger farm.
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People in front of Frame House

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Description: Three men, two women, two boys, and a girl are posing standing near a wagon pulled by a team of two horses. Behind them is a tall frame house with a large ...
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Waterloo Canning Factory

Date: 1912
Description: View across road towards a canning factory. A group of workers are standing at the top of a round structure, and a conveyor belt coming out of a shed leads...
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Farmworkers Taking a Break

Date: 1913
Description: Group of farm workers, men and women, posed in a field, holding various beverages. One man has his arm over a barrel on a stand in the center. In the backg...
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Oscar Mayer Farms

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Description: View across fence through trees towards fields and farm buildings.

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