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A Park in Winter

Date: 11 29 1989
Description: Panoramic view of Riverside Park during the winter.
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Old Gas Station

Date: 01 20 1989
Description: Centennial Tire Company, located in a historic gas station on USH 10.
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Skelly Station

Date: 01 20 1989
Description: A Skelly station located on USH 10 consisting of a historic gas station and a two-bay service building. Gasoline cost 96 cents per gallon for regular.
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Wood County Service Station

Date: 11 20 1989
Description: Exterior of service station on USH 10.
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Main Street (USH 10)

Date: 01 20 1989
Description: Main Street (USH 10) in the village, with storefronts and a used car dealership.
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Grain Building in Auburndale

Date: 01 20 1989
Description: Grain storage building located near the railroad tracks. The wrecker service truck parked near the warehouse bears the slogan, "the happy hooker."
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Potawatomi Family

Date: 1920
Description: Potawatomi family standing in front of a log cabin. Elders identified the woman in the center as Mrs. Frank Young, and the man on the right as community le...
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Church and Trees

Date: 09 19 1961
Description: View from road of All Saint's Church behind a group of trees. The front entrance is on the right, with a signboard nearby listing times of the masses and c...
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Factory Building and Automobile

Date: 09 19 1961
Description: View of the Blum Brothers Company factory building. The Blum Brothers Company once manufactured circular cheese boxes. An automobile is parked outside the ...
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Pulpwood

Date: 1936
Description: View from river of a machine/crane moving bundles of pulpwood to be made into paper.
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Woman Raking Cranberries

Date: 1955
Description: Woman using a cranberry rake to harvest cranberries near Wisconsin Rapids.
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Bee Hives on Bennett Marsh

Date: 1948
Description: Bee hives near the Bennett cranberry marshes.
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Asa C. Bennett and Sons Cranberry farm

Date: 1905
Description: Cranberry marshes and irrigation ditch. The family home, barn and outbuildings are in the background.
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Asa Bennett Family

Date: 1903
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...
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Farmer Examining Cranberry Plant

Date: 1948
Description: Farmer examining cranberry plant near an irrigation ditch.
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Man with Crated Cranberries

Date: 1948
Description: Man posing with crates of newly harvested cranberries. The cranberries have not been cleaned as there is still plant debris in the crates.
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Cranberry Fields and Irrigation

Date: 1948
Description: Cranberry fields with irrigation ditches.
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Two Men Inspecting Cranberry Field

Date: 1948
Description: Two men inspecting cranberry plants, most likely for pests or disease.
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Prisoner of War Working in Cranberry Marsh

Date: 1945
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...
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Spraying Cranberry Marshes

Date: 1945
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...

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