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Farm Family with Table of Vegetables
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Matthew H. Stephenson, his wife Julia Hebert Stephenson, and their infant son William Clinton pose with produce from the Menomonee River Boom Company garden near Marinette. Their vegetables include sweet corn, cabbage, carrots, rutabagas, squash, onions, and cucumbers.
September 5, 1895
Perkins, H. J.
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