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Man Using Horse-Drawn Cultivator in Cabbage Patch

Date: 08 18 1911
Description: Rear view of a man wearing a white shirt, dark pants, and a hat using a horse-drawn cultivator in a field of cabbage.
Photograph

Meyer Adelman and Bridget Hursley

Date: 09 1943
Description: A man sorts vegetables into a basket while a girl looks on. Caption reads: "Thiensville (vicinity), Wis. Sept, 1943. Meyer Adelman and granddaughter of Met...
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Dane County Farmers' Market

Date: 10 1993
Description: A vendor weighs vegetables for sale at the Dane County Farmers' Market on the Capitol Square. The Wisconsin State Capitol is in the background on the right...
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Dane County Farmers' Market

Date: 10 1993
Description: A display of Autumn produce for sale at the Dane County Farmers' Market on the Capitol Square. The Grace Episcopal Church on North Carroll Street is in the...
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Opening Day of Dane County Farmers' Market

Date: 04 1998
Description: A farmers sells vegetables to customers at the Dane County Farmers' Market on the Capitol Square.
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Opening Day of Dane County Farmers' Market

Date: 04 1998
Description: A farmer weighing ginseng on opening day of the Dane County Farmers' Market on the Capitol Square. Pedestrians are strolling on the sidewalk on the right. ...
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Opening Day of Dane County Farmers' Market

Date: 04 1998
Description: A man is selling produce to customers on the opening day of the Dane County Farmers' Market on the Capitol Square. The Wisconsin State Capitol is in the ba...
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Farmers' Market Vendors

Date: 08 1975
Description: Farmers' market vendors weighing produce to sell from the back of a truck at the Dane County Farmers' Market.
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Farmers' Market Vendors

Date: 08 1975
Description: Vendors weighing produce for customers from the back of a truck at the Dane County Farmers' Market on the Capitol Square.
Postcard

Tall-tale Postcard: Some Tomatoes

Date: 08 09 1910
Description: Text on front reads: "Some Tomatoes Raised at Waupun, Wis. Wis. [sic]." On the flatbed train car: "Grand Trunk 67903." Photomontage of five giant to...
Postcard

Waterloo Canning Association

Date: 1940
Description: Text on front reads: "Canning Co. Assn. Waterloo, Wis." Buildings, wagons and automobiles surround a canning factory. Founded in 1900, it was later purchas...
Postcard

Reeves Roadside Market

Date: 1969
Description: Text on reverse reads: "Reeves Roadside Market, Highway 14 East of Spring Green. Telephone (608)588-2744 or 588-3996. Home Grown Fruits and Vegetables in s...
Postcard

The Canning Factory

Date: 1907
Description: Text on the front reads: "The Canning Factory, Seymour, Wis." Men and women workers are sitting on very large piles of cabbages at a canning factory. More ...
Photograph

A. McDicken & Son Truck

Date: 07 16 1928
Description: View across street towards a man sitting in the driver's seat of a truck for A. McDicken & Son delivery truck. The truck bed has a stake body, and is stack...
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Grocery Delivery Truck

Date: 05 04 1927
Description: View across street towards a man sitting in the driver's seat of a grocery delivery truck. The sign on the side of the truck reads: "Ted's Market, 125 Fift...
Photograph

Drainage Districts Booth

Date: 08 29 1926
Description: Drainage Districts of Central Wisconsin booth at Wisconsin State Fair with crops on display, and photographs around the booth above vegetables on display o...
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A & P Grocery Store Window

Date: 02 21 1930
Description: A & P grocery store window at 807 University Avenue featuring fruits, vegetables, and canned goods.
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Horseradish Processing Line

Date: 10 12 1981
Description: Elevated view of women sitting along both sides of a trough, with containers of roots next to them. Caption reads: "The horseradish crop moved along a proc...
Print

Wisconsin Coat of Arms

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Description: 1881 version of the Coat of Arms of the State of Wisconsin.
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Boy Eating an Onion or a Potato in Field

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Description: View of a boy standing and eating an onion or a potato in a field. Next to him are three baskets of onions or potatoes resting on crates. In the far backgr...

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