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International Power Unit

Date: 1949
Description: International power unit powers an irrigation system.
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Field Irrigation

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Description: View to the horizon of a irrigation sprinkler system in an open field.
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Irrigating a Field

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Description: View of sprinklers irrigating a field of beans(?). The field is lined by pine trees in the background.
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Cranberry Marshes

Date: 1910
Description: Elevated view of Wisconsin cranberry marshes with farmhouse in the background
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Farmer Examining Cranberry Plant

Date: 1948
Description: Farmer examining cranberry plant near an irrigation ditch.
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Cranberry Fields and Irrigation

Date: 1948
Description: Cranberry fields with irrigation ditches.
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Flooded Cranberry Marsh

Date: 07 24 1922
Description: A weed killing flood at Robert Rezin's Cranberry Marsh.
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Widening Irrigation Canal

Date: 1962
Description: Three farmers remove large chunks of earth from the side of an irrigation canal in Vietnam to widen it. One man stands with a tool on the bank to dislodge ...
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Army Helicopter over Countryside

Date: 06 1962
Description: Aerial view of old U.S. Army model H-21 helicopter, assigned to help Vietnamese forces fight the Viet Cong in the mountain region of Vietnam. The patchwork...
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Capture of Suspected Viet Cong

Date: 05 1962
Description: Vietnamese Rangers and U.S. Army Ranger advisor ford a rice paddy with a captured prisoner suspected of being Viet Cong in the vicinity of Bac Lien, Vietna...
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New Cranberry Bed

Date: 09 1934
Description: Newly cleared cranberry marshes. In the center a man stands near a man-made irrigation ditch. To the left and right of the ditch are large piles of roots a...
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Ditcher in a Field

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Description: A Pawling & Harnischfeger ditcher in a field.
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Engines Powering Irrigation

Date: 09 14 1925
Description: An engine powering irrigation equipment in a field near trees.
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Irrigation Operation

Date: 09 20 1927
Description: View across field towards men working an irrigation operation. On the right is a team of horses. The men are working nearby near a piece of machinery set u...
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Dust Storm

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Description: A dust storm is rising up across a field. A center pivot irrigation system is on the right in the distance beyond power poles.
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Griffith State Nursery

Date: 04 1938
Description: Elevated view of the state nursery showing fields, an above ground irrigation system, and blocks of plantings. There are men working in a field on the righ...
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Seeding Trees

Date: 04 1938
Description: Two men are pushing an implement between guide ropes at the Central (now Griffith) State Nursery. The description on the reverse of the photograph explains...
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TD-18A — Land Clearing

Date: 1950
Description: View across field towards a man driving a TD-18A. Subject: "TD-18A — Land Clearing." Where Taken: "MidW." Information with photograph reads: "TD-18A Marvin...
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TD-18A — Irrigation

Date: 1950
Description: Three-quarter view from front left of a man driving a TD-18A in a field. Subject: "TD-18A — Irrigation." Where Taken: "MidW." Information with photograph r...
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UD-16 — Irrigation

Date: 1950
Description: A UD-16 sitting outdoors, with a storage tank on the right. There is a cornfield in the background. Subject: "UD-16 — Irrigation." Where Taken: "MidW." Inf...

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