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Alexander Lake's Nursery

Date: 1896
Description: A boy and a man are holding up small white pine trees, while workers are planting them at Alexander Lake's nursery. In the background are horses and wagons...
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Farmer Loading Hay Bales into Barn

Date: 1962
Description: Elevated view of a farmer using a hay loader (elevator) to transport hay bales into a barn loft. A Farmall 504 utility tractor and a Farmall 460 tractor ar...
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Indians Thresh Wheat

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Description: Indians thresh the first wheat at the Sac and Fox Agency in Iowa.
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Loading Sisal Leaves

Date: 1949
Description: Worker loads sisal leaves onto a small train car at an International Harvester plantation in Cuba. Original caption reads: "Loading leaves on the train car...
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Construction Work

Date: 06 15 1926
Description: A man uses a McCormick-Deering 10-20 tractor and a Monarch loader to do construction work, possibly irrigation, in a field. Pieces of pipe lie on the groun...
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Men Transporting Produce

Date: 05 21 1926
Description: A man uses a McCormick-Deering 10-20(?) tractor to haul two wagons loaded with burlap bags of farm produce, possibly oranges. The tractor drives along a di...
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Cranberry Harvest

Date: 1983
Description: Cranberry marshes flooded and full of cranberries for the harvest. In the background is farm equipment, and men are removing the cranberries from the marsh...
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Crates of Cranberries

Date: 1931
Description: A wagon and crates full of cranberries sitting in the shade in a field. A group of people harvesting cranberries are in the background.
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Men Planting at the Lake Nursery

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Description: Five men are planting a field, probably planting trees at the Lake Nursery. Behind them is a man standing near a farm building among rows of plants. Anothe...
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Ox Cart and International Harvester Tractor in India

Date: 1967
Description: Men follow an oxcart with an International Harvester tractor in India.
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Boys and Horses

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Description: View across dirt road towards two men standing, each holding two horses, on either side of a tent. A boy is standing in the center in front of the tent, an...
Painting

State Fair Centennial Mural Study Sketch

Date: 1948
Description: Prior to the 1948 State Fair, artist Robert Hodgell traveled Wisconsin to study its many landscapes. He then produced a series of study sketches outlining ...

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