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Photograph

Man at Conveyor Belt for Harvesting Cranberries

Date: 1997
Description: A man stands in the water next to the conveyor belt that transports cranberries into the truck.
Photograph

Men Harvesting Cranberries

Date: 1997
Description: Elevated view of harvesters wading through cranberries contained by booms to feed them onto a conveyor to be loaded into the waiting trucks.
Photograph

Man Pulling Boom

Date: 1997
Description: A man wearing waders walks knee-deep through water and floating cranberries as he pulls a boom used for confining the cranberries so they can be harvested.
Photograph

Man Wading through Cranberries

Date: 1997
Description: A man holding a rake wades knee-deep through floating cranberries during the harvest.
Photograph

Floating Cranberries during Harvest

Date: 1997
Description: Close-up of cranberries floating in the water during harvest.
Historical Object

Wisconsin Thematic Panel 498-506

Date: 
Description: Cranberry growing has been and is one of the most profitable and picturesque branches of agriculture in Wisconsin. In the 1860's and 1870's, land previousl...
Painting

The Cranberry Harvest

Date: 
Description: Cranberry harvesters at work. Mural painting in the U.S. Post Office at Berlin, Wis.
Photograph

Drying Cranberries

Date: 1934
Description: Box of harvested cranberries at a drying rack.
Photograph

Winnebago (Ho-Chunk) Indians Picking Cranberries

Date: 1913
Description: Panoramic slightly elevated view of Winnebago (Ho-Chunk) Indians harvesting cranberries by hand at Gebhart's Marsh.
Postcard

Greetings from Lac du Flambeau

Date: 1969
Description: View of three men harvesting cranberries from a bog. Caption reads: "Greetings from Lac du Flambeau, Wis."
Postcard

Indian Canoe

Date: 1907
Description: Text on front reads: "Indian Canoe" and "Greetings from Tomah, Wis." On reverse: "Camp of berry-pickers, man, wife, and children. Camp site on a beautiful ...

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