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| Date: | 1903 |
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| Description: | Asa Curtis Bennett family holding cranberry rakes and other manual farm implements. The family is gathered around an owl standing on the ground in front of... |
| Date: | 1945 |
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| Description: | German Prisoner of War stationed in Wisconsin Rapids working on the A.E. Bennett and Sons Cranberry Marsh. He is spraying the cranberry crop with either an... |
| Date: | 1945 |
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| Description: | Irving R. Bennett, of the A.E. Bennett & Son Cranberry Marsh, spraying cranberry marshes for pest and weed control. The hose was attached to a rig that cou... |
| Date: | 08 1893 |
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| Description: | Group portrait of those who attended the 6th annual Cranberry Convention at Bennett Marsh. |
| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | From left to right: W.A. Riordan, John Buck, Leo Sorenson, Jean Nash and Del Hammond. Miss Nash, the owner of the cranberry marsh, escorts representatives ... |
| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | African American cranberry harvesters, possibly migrant workers, posing with crates of cranberries. |
| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | Machinery used for grading cranberries. As the berries move through the machine the are sorted by size and deposited on the appropriate conveyor belt for p... |
| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of graded cranberries moving along multiple conveyor belts to await further processing and inspection. Three men stand near the conveyor belt... |
| Date: | 1985 |
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| Description: | Prominent Wisconsin Democrat and cranberry grower Philleo Nash holding a large handful of freshly harvested cranberries. |
| Date: | 1954 |
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| Description: | Jean Nash, cranberry grower, posed next to a truck for the Biron Cranberry Company. |
| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | Advertisement for a 5 lb. gift box of fresh Wisconsin Cranberries. The advertisement tag line reads "So smart to give . . . so pleasant to receive". Pictur... |
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| Description: | Group of five Ho-Chunk (Winnebago) men seated on the lawn outside a building waiting for their annuity payment. |
| Date: | 1990 |
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| Description: | Former Governor Anthony Earl and Assemblyman Thomas Loftus chat at a gathering of statewide Democratic leaders that honored Marlin Schneider. President Cli... |
| Date: | 05 1998 |
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| Description: | As part of his support for education, Congressman David Obey visited many schools within his district. Here he observed elementary school students in Wisco... |
| Date: | 09 06 1901 |
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| Description: | Emory Bennett and family posed in front of the Bennett home. A young boy sits in a cart pulled by a dog. A seated man holds a harp guitar and another man s... |
| Date: | 09 05 1926 |
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| Description: | Dinner menu for the Hotel Witter, with menu listing, flap, front, and back of self-folding mailer, and tipped-in photographic views of the dining room and ... |
| Date: | 09 05 1926 |
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| Description: | Left interior panel of the Hotel Witter dinner menu, with a tipped-in photographic three-quarter view of the exterior of the hotel, printed in blue ink. |
| Date: | 1880 |
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| Description: | View of flood damage, showing wrecked buildings along the Wisconsin River waterfront. |
| Date: | 01 31 1950 |
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| Description: | In this large indoor group portrait, C.L. (Neal) Harrington is in the second row, second from the right. The men are attending an operational meeting for t... |
| Date: | 06 02 1962 |
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| Description: | Neil Nash, vice-president of the Nekoosa-Edwards Paper Company, speaking to the crowd at the dedication of the Centralia Pulp and Paper Mill historical mar... |
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