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Wisconsin Chicken Farm

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Description: The chicken farm of Alfred Ruf on State Highway 3.
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Farmer and Beehives

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Description: An unidentified Wisconsin farmer surrounded by his beehives.
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Street Scene

Date: 1906
Description: View down sidewalk on the left side of an unpaved street. A brick building is in the foreground on the left. Dwellings are along the right, and snow is on ...
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Blister Rust Eradication Crew

Date: 1935
Description: Slightly elevated view of a ribes eradication crew that was part of the white pine blister rust effort in a Barron County forest. The caption indicates tha...
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Menominee Reservation Agency

Date: 1935
Description: U.S. Department of the Indian agency building on the Menominee Indian Reservation.
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Crystal Lake CCC Camp

Date: 1935
Description: Barracks buildings at the Crystal Lake Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) camp.
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Fruits and Flowers Building

Date: 1935
Description: The Fruits and Flowers Building at the Wisconsin State Fair.
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Harvesting Strawberries

Date: 07 1937
Description: Picking strawberries on the farm of Earl Leverich in Monroe County. The Leverich family were leaders in commercial fruit growing in Wisconsin and Earl Lev...
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CCC Youth Crew

Date: 1938
Description: A crew of Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) youth starting for the field where they were working on ribes eradication as part of the effort to defeat the w...
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White Pine Blister Rust Threat

Date: 06 1938
Description: S.B. Fracker and H.N. Putman, two leaders of the white pine blister rust eradication effort in Wisconsin, are examining infected trees at the Rhinelander i...
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Stringing Tobacco

Date: 09 1938
Description: A farmer stringing tobacco somewhere in southern Wisconsin.
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Making a New Cranberry Bog

Date: 06 1938
Description: Construction of a leadgate to control the water flow in a new cranberry section at the Cranberry Lake Development Company in Price County.
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Battling Grasshoppers

Date: 07 1938
Description: Loading a truck with bait at the county mixing station at Balsam Lake during the grasshopper outbreak in northwestern Wisconsin.
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Grasshopper Bait Station

Date: 07 1938
Description: Grasshopper bait mixing station at Ellsworth.
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Making Grasshopper Bait

Date: 07 1938
Description: At a small sawmill near Shell Lake, farmers shovel sawdust which will be mixed with a whey product and applied to fields for grasshopper eradication during...
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Making Grasshopper Bait

Date: 1938
Description: At the grasshopper bait mixing station at Fall Creek, two cement mixers were used to mix sawdust, a whey product, and sodium arsenite. So severe was the gr...
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Edward Dodge House

Date: 1940
Description: A view of the Pebble house, also called Edward Dodge House. Built in 1848 and constructed of cobblestone. Stone columns with a gate and fence are in front ...
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Celebration at Home of Mary Virginia McCormick

Date: 1923
Description: "Kildare", home of Mary Virginia McCormick. A large crowd is gathered on the lawn in front of the house, possibly as part of a birthday celebration for Mar...
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Log Cabin in Heg Memorial Park

Date: 1937
Description: A log cabin in Heg Memorial Park, built in 1837.
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Portage Canal

Date: 1935
Description: A view of the canal locks of the Portage Canal. Men are standing at the edge of the locks on the right.

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