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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...
Photograph

McKay Nursery, Group of Employees

Date: 05 12 1937
Description: Group portrait of employees in front of the McKay Nursery Co. building.
Photograph

McKay Nursery

Date: 05 12 1937
Description: Three men and three trucks parked in front of McKay Nursery Co. building.
Photograph

McKay Nursery Field

Date: 05 07 1937
Description: McKay Nursery field with men planting, and horse teams pulling cultivators.
Photograph

McKay Nursery

Date: 05 07 1937
Description: Large group of employees standing beside trucks parked in front of McKay Nursery.
Photograph

McKay Nursery, Trucks and Employees

Date: 05 07 1937
Description: Large group of employees standing beside trucks parked in front of McKay Nursery building. Alternate view.
Map or Atlas

Bird's-Eye View of Viroqua

Date: 1879
Description: Bird's-eye view of Viroqua, county seat of Vernon County.
Drawing

B.B. Davis Residence

Date: 1873
Description: View of an estate covered with various plants and trees. Two people stand on a sidewalk in front of the distant estate, looking towards it. Two horses dra...
Photograph

R-120 Truck at Nursery

Date: 1953
Description: Color photograph of a man unloading a burlap bag onto the back of an International R-120 pickup truck in front of "Toll Gate Nursery."
Photograph

Tree Nursery Truck

Date: 1925
Description: An International Model S truck owned by T.W. Rice is parked alongside an opened railroad boxcar as a man unloads a plant from the truck bed.
Print

International Truck Advertising Proof

Date: 05 06 1950
Description: Advertising proof for International trucks, featuring color illustrations of a flatbed truck carrying lumber and a pickup truck carrying plants. Includes t...
Photograph

Men Planting at the Lake Nursery

Date: 
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...
Map or Atlas

Map of the City of Janesville, Rock County, Wisconsin

Date: 1860
Description: Map showing a plat of the city, land ownership by name, wards by number, local streets, buildings, fair grounds, nurseries, and part of Rock River. The map...
Map or Atlas

Whitewater, Walworth Co., Wis.

Date: 1858
Description: This map is hand-colored and mounted on cloth and shows lot and block numbers and dimensions, landownership, streets, railroads, selected buildings, fair g...
Map or Atlas

Forest Protection District No. 3, East Portion, Vilas County

Date: 02 1937
Description: This topographical map of the forest preserve shows highways, roads, trails, telephone lines, Native American reservations, Ranger sub-stations, state nurs...
Photograph

R-120 Truck with Pickup Body

Date: 1953
Description: R-120 truck with pickup body parked outdoors. A man is loading or unloading the truck in front of the open door. Above the door is a sign that reads: "Toll...
Photograph

Floral Delivery Truck

Date: 07 05 1927
Description: A man is sitting in the driver's seat of a floral delivery truck. The driver is looking back towards men loading plants into the back of the truck. The sig...
Photograph

Man with State Forestry Headquarters Sign

Date: 
Description: A man is standing outdoors next to a sign that reads: "Northern State Forest, State Forest Headquarters, District Forest Ranger, State Forest Nursery. Wisc...

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