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The Net Mender

Date: 07 1951
Description: A man repairing fishing nets wound on large reels at a fishery.
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Wisconsin Farm Kitchen

Date: 1951
Description: Lawrence Sherman sitting in a chair by the window, reading the paper in his farm kitchen. On the left is a Jungers Model E stove with kettles and a teapot....
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Verboten

Date: 1952
Description: A boy smoking a corncob pipe, sitting in a cornfield. He is wearing bluejeans and a sweatshirt.
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Spring Spraying

Date: 1952
Description: Farmer spraying a fruit tree in blossom.
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Feeding the Thresher

Date: 1959
Description: Paul Lembcke and his son Roy threshing grain on their farm at harvest time.
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Here Kitty, Kitty...

Date: 04 20 1959
Description: An electrical or telephone lineman, is using a burlap bag while attempting to rescue a cat perched on a power pole.
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Newspaper in the Raw

Date: 08 1963
Description: Elevated view of newspaper pulp wood stacked along the Fox River near the Combined Locks Paper Company. A crane is moving the logs, and workers are standin...
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Hay Loader

Date: 1976
Description: View from inside a barn towards a farmer moving hay bales by hand out of the wide door. Snow is on the ground, and trees, buildings, a fence are in the bac...
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Two-Horse Power

Date: 1973
Description: A crowd behind a fence is watching as two horses drag a load on the ground in a horse pulling contest. In the background are antique steam tractors, buildi...
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Racing the Storm

Date: 1976
Description: Farmers head for the barn with a load of hay bales as a storm looms overhead. A hay baler is hitched between the tractor and the wagon. Farm buildings are ...
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Christmas is Coming

Date: 11 1976
Description: A city worker putting up holiday decorations on a light pole using a telescopic forklift.
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Man Harvesting Squash

Date: 1979
Description: A man harvesting squash carries a basket on his shoulder in the field.

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