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At Grandfather's House

Date: 1955
Description: A young boy helps his grandfather unload a cart of split logs.
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Harvesting Onions

Date: 1965
Description: A farmer drives a tractor through a field harvesting onions.
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Sleigh Ride in Outagamie County

Date: 1953
Description: Winter scene with a farmer driving a team of horses pulling a large wooden sled on a snow-covered road. Standing to his side, from left to right, is Marge ...
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Elmer Harris Gathering Sap from Trees

Date: 1966
Description: Elmer Harris is pouring sap into a large container on a Farmall tractor-pulled trailer. The forest has large, tapped Maple trees with buckets collecting th...
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Maple Syrup Shack

Date: 1966
Description: View of a maple syrup shack on the side of a hill. Smoke is billowing out of the doorway, which is blocked by a wheel barrel full of wood. Two men are in t...
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Checking on Beehive

Date: 1955
Description: Robert E. Bodoh checks on the condition of a hive by opening it using smoke to calm the bees. Bodoh wears a protective hat with mesh veil. Several other hi...
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Shipment of Pollen

Date: 1955
Description: Robert E. Bodoh kneels next to a shipment of pollen. Bodoh, in a protective beekeeper hat, holds a fist-full of pollen in his hand.
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Filling Bottles with Maple Syrup

Date: 1971
Description: Milt Mehlberg filling bottles with finished maple syrup from his farm. Mehlberg is pouring syrup from a large sieve into a glass bottle. Several bottles an...
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Otto F Schultz

Date: 1962
Description: Otto F. Schultz, at age 81, uses the same tools his father used in his blacksmith shop.
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Man in Drugstore

Date: 1961
Description: A man holding a clipboard stands in the crowded aisle of a drugstore.
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Man and Woman in Drugstore

Date: 1960
Description: A man and woman stand behind the service counter at a drugstore.
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Metal Foundry

Date: 1960
Description: Joe Weyenberg and two other men work with molten metal at the Roloff Manufacturing Company.
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Successful Bird Hunt

Date: 1960
Description: A man holds a wood stretcher/fleshing beam near his game.
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Tobacco Planting

Date: 1960
Description: A young man in the foreground examines tobacco leaves. Two boys sit on a tractor attachment in the background.
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Tobacco Weeding

Date: 06 1968
Description: Farmer weeding in a tobacco field.
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Lime Kiln

Date: 1968
Description: Worker stack bags of lime onto a palette.
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Boot Repair

Date: 1970
Description: A shoemaker repairs the sole of a boot using a sewing machine.
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Boot Repair

Date: 1970
Description: A shoemaker repairs the sole of a boot using a sewing machine.
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Boot Repair

Date: 1970
Description: A shoemaker in his shop at work.
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Making a Harness

Date: 1970
Description: A shoemaker constructs a harness.

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