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Sales Girls Distribute War Bonds at World War II Scrap Drive

Date: 04 1942
Description: Sales girls (L to R): Patsie Anderson, Margaret Hatche, and Leone Owens distribute war bonds and stamps to farmers and other townspeople during a W.W. II s...
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Log House in Deer Park

Date: 1955
Description: Small log house near Edgewood School in Deer Park.
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Oak Hill Farm Poster

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Description: A hand-drawn poster, including a star design and two photographs, advertising Oak Hill Farm, founded by Mr. and Mrs. H.H. Harris.
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Truck Hauling Tractors for Scrap

Date: 04 29 1942
Description: Man pulling a trailer with an International truck for J.G. Larson & Sons, an International Harvester dealership. The trailer is loaded with two old tractor...
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Farmall-H Tractor Delivering Scrap

Date: 04 29 1942
Description: John De Roy pulling a trailer load of scrap metal with a Farmall-H tractor. The metal was collected as part of a scrap drive.
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Woodville Scrap Drive

Date: 1942
Description: Men hauling wagon loads of scrap metal with a Farmall H tractor, horses, and an automobile. The men are participating in a scrap drive, possibly during Gov...
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Woodville HS Booster Club Promoting Scrap Drive

Date: 1942
Description: A group of children, including members of the Woodville High School Booster Club, stand near a pile of scrap metal. Some of the children are holding musica...
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Farmall H Tractor in Woodville Scrap Drive

Date: 1942
Description: Helmuth Strobush and his son Jerry haul scrap metal with a Farmall H tractor and a McCormick-Deering farm wagon. The tractor is parked near a co-op service...
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Woodville Scrap Drive

Date: 1942
Description: Men and boys use horses, a Farmall H tractor and wagons to haul scrap metal to a pile near railroad tracks. The men are participiting in a wartime scrap dr...
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Woodville Scrap Drive

Date: 1942
Description: Men with horses, wagons, cars and trucks are parked alongside railroad tracks near a large scrap metal pile. The men are participating in a wartime scrap d...
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Wisconsin Elevator Company Letterhead

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Description: Letterhead of the Wisconsin Elevator Company, keepers of "grain, hay and produce," from Roberts, Wisconsin, with a sheaf of wheat in a center medallion, su...
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Grant Bros. Onion Field in Bloom

Date: 07 16 1895
Description: A man stands in ten acres of flowering onion plants, planted for seed, in the Grant Bros. gardens. A horse pulls a buggy in the field in the background. Wo...
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Flock of Shropshire Sheep

Date: 1895
Description: A flock of purebred Shropshire ewes standing near a fence on the farm of Geo. Martin. In the background is a farmhouse with laundry on the line, a farm bui...
Postcard

Bird's-Eye View of Baldwin

Date: 1908
Description: Colorized panoramic elevated view with the main commercial district in the center. The high school is on the far right. Caption reads: "Birds [sic] Eye Vie...
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Five Engines Bucking Snow on Soo Line

Date: 1917
Description: Winter scene with five engines bucking snow on the Soo Line. Between January 21 and 22, 1917, 9" of snow fell with drifts up to 11.5 feet covering western ...
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Extreme Tornado Devastation

Date: 1899
Description: Stereograph of the devastation caused by a tornado. All that remains of trees are the main branches and trunks, some with building debris caught in them. P...

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