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Maple Grove
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An unidentified man wearing a hat and double breasted overcoat is holding a binocular case in his left hand and posing beside maple trees that have multiple spiles, or taps, in their trunks. There are maple syrup buckets on the ground.
1930
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Sugar Camp
1930
A Native American man, left, posing in front of the sapling frame of a shelter at a maple sugar camp. Two Native American women are standing under the framework, and a man of European descent is at...
Sugarbush
circa 1970-1979
An elderly man is pouring maple sap from a bucket into another bucket. He is wearing eyeglasses, a cap, and tall work boots. More bucket taps are on trees in the background. Patches of snow are on ...
Arrowhead
1930
A Native American point shows the characteristic contours produced by flint knapping.
Harvesting Potatoes
1925
A Ho-Chunk family working in a field at harvest time. Two men are leaning on potato forks, while a woman and children are standing in the background. There are potatoes on the ground, in boxes and ...
Maple Sugaring
September 13, 1949
A man and woman driving their horse-drawn cart into the woods to collect buckets that are hanging from maple trees. The buckets catch sap that is used to make maple sugar and syrup.
Preparing Corn for Drying
1930
A Native American woman is sitting on the ground preparing corn for drying. A man, with arms akimbo, is standing nearby, observing. Husked corn is piled on a patchwork quilt in the foreground.
