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Asa C. Bennett and Son Cranberry farm

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Cranberry marshes and irrigation ditch. The family home, barn and outbuildings are in the background.

Date Created:
circa 1900-1909

Publication Information

Date Created circa 1900-1909

Physical Description

Format Image
Dimensions 26 x 21 cm

Collection Information

Source Collection Cranberry growing and family photographs, 1892-1948
Call Number PH 825
Catalog Record https://search.library.wisc.edu/catalog/9911125879802121

Copyright Information

Copyright Status NO COPYRIGHT - UNITED STATES
Rights Holder Wisconsin Historical Society
Unique ID
W01479T
Legacy ID
WHi 84968

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Asa Bennett Family, 1903

Asa Bennett Family, 1903

1903

Asa Curtis Bennett family members holding cranberry rakes and other manual farm implements. Arthur E. Bennett is second from left, holding a rake above his head. The family is gathered around an ow...

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Bee Hives on Bennett Marsh, 1948

Bee Hives on Bennett Marsh, 1948

1948

Bee hives placed along the bank of a flooded Bennett family cranberry marsh.

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Cranberry Convention at Bennett Marsh, 1893

Cranberry Convention at Bennett Marsh, 1893

August 8, 1893

Halftone reproduction of a group portrait of those who attended the first annual Wisconsin State Cranberry Growers' Association summer "convention," held at the A. C. Bennett & Son marsh.

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Spraying Cranberry Marshes

Spraying Cranberry Marshes

1945

Irving R. Bennett, of the A.E. Bennett & Son Cranberry Marsh, spraying cranberry marshes for pest and weed control. The hose was attached to a rig that could run two hoses at the same time. Accordi...

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Emory Bennett and Family, 1901

Emory Bennett and Family, 1901

September 6, 1901

Emory Bennett and family posed in front of the Bennett home. A young boy sits in a cart pulled by a dog. A seated man holds a harp guitar and another man standing beside him holds a violin.

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Prisoner of War Working in Cranberry Marsh, 1945

Prisoner of War Working in Cranberry Marsh, 1945

1945

German Prisoner of War (center) stationed in Wisconsin Rapids working on the A.E. Bennett and Son Cranberry Marsh. He is spraying the cranberry crop with either an herbicide or pesticide and is wea...

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