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Dandelions at Dusk

Date: 
Description: A woman is standing and bending over in a field of dandelions gone to seed under a large tree. The sun is setting in the background.
Photograph

Basket Exhibit

Date: 
Description: An exhibit of baskets which were probably created by American Indians in Wisconsin. A sign on the wall above the display case reads: "Seed Gatherers of the...
Photograph

Exterior View of Dealership

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Description: View across street towards the front of a dealership. Signs on the building read: "B. F. Adams. Seeds and Farm Machinery." and "McCormick Harvesting Machin...
Photograph

Bessie Hooker Grinding Poppy Seeds

Date: 06 28 1945
Description: With all Hillsboro striving to honor Vice-Admiral March A. Mitscher, who came for a visit with his mother, Bessie Hooker, a maid in the Mr. and Mrs. Lyle H...
Book or Pamphlet

Empire Jr. Grain Drills

Date: 1917
Description: General line catalog color illustration of an Empire Jr. grain drill. The text beneath the illustration reads: "Empire Jr. Drills Save Costly Seed and Insu...
Photograph

Corn Exhibit

Date: 1911
Description: Elevated view of men examining ears of Wisconsin No. 7 corn on exhibit. Students were given the seeds and encouraged to enter the resulting crop in the con...
Photograph

Parakeet Traveler

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Description: The arm of a woman wearing a long corduroy coat is holding a clear plastic purse with a parakeet on a perch inside. There are small jars of seed and water ...
Property Record

205 CALIFORNIA AVE

Community: Hayward
County: Sawyer
Historic Name: 
Reference Number: 37780
Photograph

Sunflowers

Date: 09 2013
Description: Sunflower plant with giant weeping seed heads standing near a wire fence in a community garden in the autumn.
Photograph

Group of Men Viewing Display

Date: 10 31 1928
Description: View towards a group of men standing outdoors around a Farmall tractor. There is a McCormick-Deering hay stacker behind the tractor, and a Shelton Seed Pan...
Property Record

E9566 STATE HIGHWAY 33

Community: Excelsior
County: Sauk
Historic Name: Lawrence Giebel Farmstead
Reference Number: 115684
Property Record

1223 - 1225 New York Ave

Community: Sheboygan
County: Sheboygan
Historic Name: John H. Allan Seed Co.
Reference Number: 122513
Property Record

1227 New York Ave

Community: Sheboygan
County: Sheboygan
Historic Name: John H. Allan Seed Co.
Reference Number: 246372
Property Record

1205 S 7TH ST

Community: La Crosse
County: La Crosse
Historic Name: John A. Salzer Seed Company
Reference Number: 32475
Property Record

N 1ST PLACE (100 BLOCK)

Community: Sturgeon Bay
County: Door
Historic Name: Cherry Seed Oil Storage Building
Reference Number: 49687
Property Record

107 S MAIN ST

Community: Black Creek
County: Outagamie
Historic Name: Bluman Seeds and Flour Mill
Reference Number: 73709
Photograph

Altrusa Club Spring Garden Festival

Date: 05 01 1957
Description: A volunteer discussing seed catalogs with two nursing home residents as they are sitting outside on lawn chairs. They are at Monona Drive Rest Home at 4202...
Property Record

E9566 STATE HIGHWAY 33

Community: Excelsior
County: Sauk
Historic Name: Lawrence Giebel Farmstead
Reference Number: 115683
Photograph

Decoupage Art

Date: 03 02 1954
Description: A large decoupage still life of a flower arrangement made from seed catalog illustrations is displayed on an easel. The artwork was created by Fern Fowler.
Drawing

Socialism Graphic

Date: 
Description: Drawing depicting a person sowing seeds in furrowed ground with a cityscape in the background. An arm and hammer appear in the sky superimposed on a sun-li...

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