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Three Men Around a Honey Producer Table

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Description: Three men in conversation around several jars of honey on a table. Sign reads: "Wisconsin Honey Market Day." Written on back: "A typical scene of one of th...
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Beekeeper Smoking Hive

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Description: Beekeeper using a smoker on the top of an open hive without protective bee hat or gloves.
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Beeswax Candle Making Demonstration

Date: 03
Description: Mrs. Wasilinsky from Cumberland giving a candle making demonstration at the Polk-Burnett County Beekeeper Meeting. Mrs. Weber, Secretary Treasurer in the b...
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Swarm of Bees on Motorcycle

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Description: Swarm of bees on the front tire and fender of a motorcycle parked outdoors.
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Honey Queen Lois Lensmeyer

Date: 1969
Description: Manitowoc County Honey Queen, Lois Lensmeyer of Whitelaw, Wisconsin. She wears a white dress and is standing and smiling with her Honey Queen sash and crow...
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Three Men Tasting Honey

Date: 10 1969
Description: Three men standing in front of a window curtain sampling honey.
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Gopher Honey Tester

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Description: Gopher standing up on hind legs while chewing on a small twig. Lewis Francisco's "Honey Tester."

Caption reads: "This is Billy, the Honey Tester. He belo...

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H.F. Wilson in His Bee Yard at Home

Date: 1923
Description: Beekeeper H.F. Wilson sitting among his hives in a backyard apiary. To his left, a hive smoker is resting on a hive letting off smoke. There are a least 25...
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Brovald Moving Beehives

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Description: Andrew C. Brovald moving a hive with a wooden wheelbarrow. A row of beehives are on the left, and more beehives are sitting in the grass in the background....
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G.W. Estes and Children with Frames and Honeycomb

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Description: G.W. Estes and two young girls, standing in a storeroom. Hive boxes with frames are on the floor. Along the walls are shelves stacked with square boxes of ...
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Jennie Matzke Inspecting Beehive

Date: 1924
Description: Jennie Matzke standing on a block to open and inspect the top of a tall beehive. She is wearing a hat with a bee veil, and there are a number of hives arou...
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Albert Peglow in Apiary

Date: 1923
Description: Wisconsin beekeeper Albert Peglow posed standing outdoors among beehives in apiary.
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Two Men with Beehives

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Description: Two men standing posing outdoors behind beehives. Square honeycomb and full frames are displayed on top of hives. In the background on the right is a build...
Book or Pamphlet

Cover of the Directory of Wisconsin State Beekeepers' Association, Inc.

Date: 07 1928
Description: Cover of the Directory of Wisconsin State Beekeepers' Association, Inc. Red and black illustration of "Badger Brand Honey" over an outline of the st...
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Monterey County Honey Display

Date: 01 1928
Description: Slightly elevated view of a honey display for Monterey County, California. At the American Honey Producers' League Convention.
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Four Men at the American Honey Producers League Convention

Date: 01 1928
Description: Group portrait of four men: C.L. Corkins, H.F. Wilson, C.W. Hartman, and Frank Rauchfuss standing in front of a display of honey in jars, and boxes of hone...
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Honey and Dessert Display

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Description: A table display of honey, honeycomb, and honey sweetened desserts. The display is centered around a figurine of a woman holding ribbons, which extend to th...
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Honey Display at American Honey Producers' League Convention

Date: 01 1928
Description: Honey display at the American Honey Producers' League Convention. A painting or mural is used as a backdrop. On display are many different varieties of hon...
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Honey Display Window

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Description: Window display of honey and bee products. Decorative bee skep, hive boxes, comb honey, candles, two observation hive frames of bees, photographs, and small...
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Baking Contest

Date: 1926
Description: Entries in the Lewis Baking Contest. Seven tables full of plates of desserts are displayed in a large room.

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