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Farm near Columbus

Date: 03 22 1945
Description: Wisconsin Conference of Seventh Day Adventists farm with cows and buildings including farmhouse, barn, three silos and a corn crib on Duborg Road off of Hi...
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Farm near Columbus

Date: 04 27 1945
Description: Wisconsin Conference of Seventh Day Adventists farm on Duborg Road off of Highway 16 west of Columbus, Wisconsin. A farmer is holding two horses next to a ...
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Farm near Columbus

Date: 04 27 1945
Description: Wisconsin Conference of Seventh Day Adventists farm buildings including barns, three silos and a corn crib on Duborg Road off of Highway 16 west of Columbu...
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Three Men on Tractors Working in a Field

Date: 04 27 1945
Description: View of Wisconsin Conference of Seventh Day Adventists farm field, with two farmers watching three other farmers on Farmall tractors. They are plowing and ...
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Dry Milk Plant in Columbus

Date: 1926
Description: Dry milk plant with a very tall smokestack. Some trucks are parked on the left.
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Columbus Foods Corporation Receiving Award Flag

Date: 03 06 1944
Description: Columbus Foods Corporation received an "A" for achievement award flag for food production and canning. Taking part in the ceremony, left to right are: J.L....
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Columbus Foods Corporation Employee Receiving Award

Date: 02 06 1944
Description: L.C. Richards, assistant factory superintendent of the Columbus Foods Corporation, receiving the first "A" Achievement award pin from Donald E. Smith, depu...
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Columbus Foods Corporation Employees with Award Pins

Date: 03 06 1944
Description: Five employees of Columbus Foods Corporation, who have been with the firm for 30 years or more, received "A" achievement award pins for food production and...
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German Prisoners of War Marching to Trucks

Date: 07 13 1945
Description: A work shift of German prisoners at a prisoner of war camp marching to trucks to be conveyed to work at a local cannery.
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German Prisoner of War with Pea Vines

Date: 07 13 1945
Description: German prisoner of war pitching pea vines into a viner at a cannery.
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Steinecker Inspecting Peas at Prisoner of War Camp

Date: 07 13 1945
Description: Capt. Huldreich M. Stienecker, Michigan, inspecting a load of peas at a cannery where German prisoners of war are working. Steinecker is in charge of the p...
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Tents at Prisoner of War Camp

Date: 07 13 1945
Description: German prisoner of war camp with tents and fencing surrounding the area. Several people are on the grounds. Prisoners are working in the local cannery.
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German Prisoners of War near Barracks

Date: 07 13 1945
Description: German prisoners of war line up for inspection outside their barracks before going to work at a local cannery.
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Prisoners of War Washing Clothes

Date: 07 13 1945
Description: Three German prisoners of war are scrubbing their clothes on the cement floor of their barracks at a prisoner of war camp. The prisoners are engaged in agr...
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Prisoners of War Cutting Bread

Date: 07 13 1945
Description: Two German prisoners of war, at a prisoner of war camp, cutting rye bread. The food preparation area includes large quantities of bread on another table co...
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Seed Company Grounds

Date: 06 23 1936
Description: Workers in trial fields of the Leonard Seed Company, with the processing plant in the background.
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Wisconsin Academy at Columbus

Date: 11 30 1949
Description: Exterior view of the newly built South Hall of the Wisconsin Academy at Columbus Wisconsin. The Academy is a high school co-ed boarding school, formerly k...
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Wisconsin Academy in Columbus

Date: 11 30 1949
Description: A group of people, possibly faculty and students, stand in front of the newly built South Hall of the Wisconsin Academy. The academy was formerly known as...
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Storage Building

Date: 05 05 1962
Description: Exterior view of a storage building with warped metal siding.
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Residential Yard

Date: 05 05 1962
Description: A residential yard with ornamental tree trimming. Several fenced-in gardens are visible as well. Houses are in the background.

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