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| Description: | Scene on the Wisconsin River with a bridge visible in the distance. |
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| Description: | View of Grand Avenue Bridge, built in 1922. The Commercial Hotel stands on the right bank; it began operation in 1881. |
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| Description: | Elevated view over water toward a horse and carriage and pedestrians crossing the Grand Avenue Bridge, built in 1922. Smokestacks and other buildings are o... |
| Date: | 1936 |
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| Description: | View from river of a machine/crane moving bundles of pulpwood to be made into paper. |
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| Description: | Men working in field during Wisconsin cranberry harvest. Crates are stacked up throughout the field. |
| Date: | 1955 |
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| Description: | Woman using a cranberry rake to harvest cranberries near Wisconsin Rapids. |
| Date: | 1948 |
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| Description: | Bee hives near the Bennett cranberry marshes. |
| Date: | 1905 |
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| Description: | Cranberry marshes and irrigation ditch. The family home, barn and outbuildings are in the background. |
| 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: | 1948 |
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| Description: | Farmer examining cranberry plant near an irrigation ditch. |
| Date: | 1948 |
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| Description: | Man posing with crates of newly harvested cranberries. The cranberries have not been cleaned as there is still plant debris in the crates. |
| Date: | 1948 |
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| Description: | Cranberry fields with irrigation ditches. |
| Date: | 1948 |
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| Description: | Two men inspecting cranberry plants, most likely for pests or disease. |
| 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... |
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