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Corn Crops

Corn Crops | Print | Wisconsin Historical Society
The front (top) and back (bottom) of a promotional card advertising land in northern Wisconsin. The image on the front of the card shows a man holding up a large ear of corn while standing in his field. A woman is standing in the distance.<p>The caption below the image reads, "This view will doubtless dispel the idea that corn cannot be grown and ripened in Price County. This crop Is ripe and ready for cutting. The tops are already cut. The building on the extreme left is a district school house."<p>The reverse side of the card is titled, "Who Gets the Most for his Labor?" Two columns compare the incomes between Jacob Kraus, a Milwaukee factory worker, and Herman Kraus, a farmer in Price County.</p>
DESCRIPTION
The front (top) and back (bottom) of a promotional card advertising land in northern Wisconsin. The image on the front of the card shows a man holding up a large ear of corn while standing in his field. A woman is standing in the distance.

The caption below the image reads, "This view will doubtless dispel the idea that corn cannot be grown and ripened in Price County. This crop Is ripe and ready for cutting. The tops are already cut. The building on the extreme left is a district school house."

The reverse side of the card is titled, "Who Gets the Most for his Labor?" Two columns compare the incomes between Jacob Kraus, a Milwaukee factory worker, and Herman Kraus, a farmer in Price County.

RECORD DETAILS
Image ID:94517
Creation Date: 1895
Creator Name:Perkins, H. J.
City:
County:Price
State:Wisconsin
Collection Name:H.J. Perkins negatives and photographs, 1895
Genre:Print
Original Format Type:prints, photomechanical
Original Format Number:PH 6509
Original Dimensions:7.5 x 5.5 inches
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Part of the promotional materials created by the Wisconsin Central Railroad Company Land Commissioner to publicize the sale of land in northern Wisconsin, primarily in Price, Taylor, and Ashland counties, owned by the railroad, circa 1895. One side of the card has illustrations of farming conditions, crops, forest resources, homesteads, small towns, and rural scenes in northern Wisconsin. A number of the illustrations are from photographs made by Harvey J. Perkins for "Northern Wisconsin: a hand-book for the homeseeker" and "Hand book of Price County." The reverse side of the card has text touting the abundance of resources available in northern Wisconsin, some of which was taken from "Northern Wisconsin: a hand-book for the homeseeker," edited by William A. Henry.

This image appears on page 24 of "Hand book of Price County," a promotional document published by the Board of Imagination with support from Frederick Abbot, land commissioner at the Wisconsin Central Railroad Company in Milwaukee. See the University of Wisconsin Digital Collections website.

SUBJECTS
Corn
Field crops
Fields (Agriculture)
Ephemera
Men
Outdoor photography
Publicity

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