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Home-Built Airplane by Mel Thompson

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Description: The bi-plane constructed by Melvin Thompson during the years 1918-1920 on his farm near the former quarry in Lamont Township.
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Airplane

Date: 05 25 1931
Description: Three-quarter view from left rear towards the "Keen-Ship" airplane parked on a field, with Charles F. Keen, pilot.
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Football Game at Hillside Home School

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Description: A football game being played near Hillside Home School, an early progressive school operated by Ellen and Jane Lloyd Jones, aunts of Frank Lloyd Wright.
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Motorcycle Tour

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Description: Men, motorcycles and a car stopped on a rural dirt road. A sign on the back of the car reads "Milwaukee Journal Motorcycle Tour Press Car".
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Diver at Work at Power Dam

Date: 11 05 1911
Description: A diver and team working to inspect the coffer dam for underwater damage caused by flooding.
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Diver at Work at Power Dam

Date: 04 12 1912
Description: A diver posing with other workmen at the power dam construction site prior to assessing underwater damage.
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Harvesting Cranberries

Date: 10 08 1997
Description: Group of men harvesting cranberries.
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Motorcyclist on Dirt Road

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Description: Man riding a motorcycle on a country road. Two men are standing along the side of the road, and a horse is in the background.
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Laying Wire for Radio Station with a T-20 Crawler

Date: 1937
Description: Three men laying wire in a forested area for W.H.A.S Radio. One of the men is operating an International T-20 TracTracTor (crawler tractor).
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Middleton Sportsmen's Club Pheasant Release

Date: 04 01 1951
Description: Ted Ziegler releasing a pheasant into a rural field. The Middleton Sportsmen's Club raised pheasants from chicks in its brooder house and pens for later re...
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Tommy Thompson on a Motorcycle

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Description: Wisconsin Governor Tommy G. Thompson wearing a leather jacket and riding a Harley-Davidson motorcycle on a rural road. A cornfield can be seen in the backg...
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Man Standing with Corn Shocks

Date: 1915
Description: Farmer standing outdoors among corn shocks. He is holding a small dog in his arms, and is wearing work gloves and a hat.
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Farmer Picking Corn by Hand

Date: 1911
Description: A farmer wearing a straw hat and smoking a pipe examining or picking corn. Behind him is a team of horses pulling a wagon.
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Men Putting Up Fence

Date: 1927
Description: Two men stretching wire while putting up a barbed wire fence on the Frank Laramore farm.
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Biplane over Field

Date: 1938
Description: A biplane is flying low over a field with a barn in the background.
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Checking on Beehive

Date: 1955
Description: Robert E. Bodoh checks on the condition of a hive by opening it using smoke to calm the bees. Bodoh wears a protective hat with mesh veil. Several other hi...
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Shipment of Pollen

Date: 1955
Description: Robert E. Bodoh kneels next to a shipment of pollen. Bodoh, in a protective beekeeper hat, holds a fist-full of pollen in his hand.
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Transporting Beehives at Henry's Honey Farm

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Description: Side view of a truck and flatbed trailer transporting beehives at Henry's Honey Farm. The truck is parked on a road among an open fields lined by trees. Th...
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Cranberry Growers

Date: 10 1984
Description: Tim Finch and Kay Finch of the Perry Creek Cranberry Company. In the background men work in the cranberry marsh to harvest the berries.
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Cranberry Harvest

Date: 1945
Description: Men in waders harvesting cranberries. In the foreground the fields have been flooded for the harvest. In the background crates have been stacked along the ...

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