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Production of Maple Syrup

Date: 1927
Description: Man in "sugar bush" (grove of maples) boiling down maple sap in production of maple syrup. Probably Wisconsin.
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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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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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Theresa Lions Club Cleanup Day

Date: 1976
Description: "Theresa Lions Club members have a cleanup day on the Rock River."
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Killing Hogs

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Description: Rheinhardt Schmidt, August Krueger, Alex Goetsch, and Fred Hannaman standing in front of farm buildings, next to hogs hanging from a tree.
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Group of Men Near Tents

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Description: Six men posing standing around two tables next to two tents. In the foreground is a stovepipe coming out of the ground.
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Emergency Mass Feeding Demonstration

Date: 10 14 1954
Description: As part of a emergency mass feeding demonstration and course of instruction at Franklin Field, Eldred Heiser ladles soup from a large kettle to Isabelle Hy...
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Winter Solstice Bonfire

Date: 12 07 2014
Description: James Danky dressed in thick boots, a coat, gloves and hat, prods at a large fire with a rake. Several large twigs, sticks, and branches provide fuel for t...
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Deer Friend

Date: 1950
Description: A deer is standing next to a man as he is boiling maple sap over a fire pit in the woods at Blue Farm. Steam and smoke are rising up into the air. On the r...
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Sugar Bush

Date: 1960
Description: Steam and smoke billow as a man is boiling maple syrup on the Harvey Blue farm.

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