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Cutover Shacker Hanging Laundry

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Description: In a photograph taken for the Farm Security Administration, a man hangs socks to dry on a clothesline on land where trees have been cut down, or cutover.
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Young Boys in Cutover Land

Date: 10 29 1937
Description: Two boys standing among stumps in northern Wisocnsin cutover land. T. 34N R. 9E on Highway 17. Trees cut approximately 40 years before photograph was taken...
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Man Using Horse-Drawn Mower

Date: 1900
Description: Side view of a man using a horse-drawn McCormick mower in cutover land.
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Group of Young Men Working in Cutover Land

Date: 1900
Description: Group of young men working in cutover land. One of the men is driving a horse-drawn mower. Many stumps are in the open field, and trees are in the backgrou...
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Sleigh Ride

Date: 03 23 1922
Description: Two horses are pulling an open sleigh with a man at the reins through cutover land with many tree stumps.
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Man with Horse-Drawn Mower

Date: 1900
Description: Rear view of a man operating a horse-drawn McCormick mower through cutover land. In the field are many tree trunks. The field is surrounded by trees.
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Removing Tree Stump

Date: 06 12 1925
Description: A man uses a McCormick-Deering tractor to remove a tree stump from a tract of cutover farm land. The stump is attached to the tractor with a chain.
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Taking a Break

Date: 1937
Description: Men and one woman gathered around machinery in a cutover area of northern Wisconsin preparing to undertake an unknown task.
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Urhenholdt Memorial Forest

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Description: Marker at the Uhrenholdt Memorial Forest established by farmer Soren J. Uhrenholdt on land that was part of northern Wisconsin's "Cutover Region." A leader...
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Men Plowing Cutover Land

Date: 07 03 1926
Description: View of a man sitting a disk plow being pulled by a man on a 15-30 tractor in an overgrown area.
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Man Driving Horse-Drawn Mower

Date: 1900
Description: View across cutover land of a man or young boy driving a horse-drawn mower. There is a tall tree trunk behind the horses. Another man or young boy is stand...
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Hough Payloader

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Description: Man driving Hough Payloader, clearing land and loading demolition debris. Hough became a subsidiary of International Harvester Company.
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Adult Men and Children in Field with McCormick Mower

Date: 1900
Description: Four men and three children standing in a stump-strewn field with a horse-drawn McCormick mower.
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Joseph Seipold Pea Field

Date: 07 30 1895
Description: Two men stand in the five-foot tall pea field of Joseph Seipold three miles northeast of Antigo. Another man stands atop a horse-drawn wagon loaded with ha...
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The First House in Kennedy

Date: 1908
Description: Group posed in front of the first house built in Kennedy.
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Madeline Island Logging Camp

Date: 1910
Description: Madeline Island logging camp near Big Bay. Men preparing logs for a building, with three log buildings in background.
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Boulder Lodge

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Description: A woman sitting on a horse near cabins at Boulder Lodge.
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Two Women at Skillet Falls

Date: 1909
Description: Two well-dressed women stand at the foot of Skillet Falls. The trees in the background are bare; the hill behind is covered with tree stumps. The hill is...
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Pulling Stumps to Clear Land

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Description: Pulling tree stumps in northern Wisconsin. A group of curious onlookers watches as workers load large stumps. A sign in the background reads: "Conrath Home...
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J.F. Mosher Residence

Date: 1886
Description: Mosher family standing in front of the J.F. Mosher residence. From the left are J.F. Mosher, daughters Celia Belle, Rhoda Adelaide, and Bertha May, son Her...

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