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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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Holy Hill

Date: 1963
Description: Elevated view of the Kettle Moraine area from Holy Hill.
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Two Farmers Picking Corn

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Description: Two farmers kneel in a field picking corn and to load it into the open back of a horse-drawn wagon. Corn stalks and leaves litter the ground around the far...
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Historical Marker of Gays Mills Apple Orchards

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Description: Image of the historical marker for Gays Mills Apple Orchards overlooking the town of Gays Mills, Wisconsin. The marker stands to the left, leaving an eleva...
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Two Farmers Stringing Barbed Wire

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Description: Two farmers in overalls and brimmed hats string barbed wire along a fence next to a field. A dirt road can be seen on the right and a silo and barn are in ...
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Livestock Auction

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Description: Elevated view of a livestock auction. Men and young boys stand around a cattle pen viewing a cow at a livestock auction. The men are dressed in hats and co...
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Harness Racing at a Wisconsin Fair

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Description: View from the inner track of harness racing at a local fair. The horses and their drivers can be seen racing around a tree-lined curve in the track and pas...
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A Mule Pulling A Toboggan

Date: 1963
Description: Winter scene down a hill of a young boy or girl riding a mule which is pulling a toboggan up the snow-covered hill. Children in winter clothing run up the ...
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Farmer Filling Seed Planting Trough

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Description: A farmer pours seeds from a canvas bag into the trough of a seed planting machine. A farmhouse, white picket fence, and picnic table with chairs are visibl...
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Woman Hoeing in Garden

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Description: A woman wearing a checkered dress uses a hoe in a small garden plot. Trees, shrubs, and an open field can be seen in the background.
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Harvesting Onions

Date: 1965
Description: A farmer drives a tractor through a field harvesting onions.
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Irrigating a Field

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Description: View of sprinklers irrigating a field of beans(?). The field is lined by pine trees in the background.
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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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Bundling a Norway Pine

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Description: Two men bundle a Norway Pine with twine using a home-made twine baler in a clearing. Two dogs stand between the men and a pile of bundled trees.
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Cooking Maple Sap

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Description: Two men are cooking maple sap over a wood burning cauldron in a clearing. One man is feeding the fire with logs while the other man is pouring in the sap. ...
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Maple Trees with Bags of Maple Sap

Date: 1971
Description: Sap bags are hanging on Maple trees in a snow-covered woods. In the background through the trees is a building with smoke billowing from the chimney.
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Spiegel Family Butchering Chickens

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Description: Six men of the Spiegel family stand outdoors around a long wooden table butchering chickens. The table is covered with large steel pots and pieces of meat....
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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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Snow-Covered Maple Trees Collecting Sap

Date: 1966
Description: Winter scene, with a forest of snow-covered tapped Maple trees collecting sap.

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