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Summer Harrowing

Date: 07 07 1934
Description: Farmer George Kopp giving a ride on his horse-drawn harrow to a young friend as he cultivates his field.
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Grafton Viaduct

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Description: View across field towards the railroad bridge, seen with the construction almost completed. A man is standing in the middle of the bridge, and two or three...
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Concordia Mills

Date: 1934
Description: Exterior of Concordia Mills, once a grain/grist mill.
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McCormick-Deering 10 Can Milk Cooler

Date: 10 09 1936
Description: Elevated view of H.C. Wuesthoof putting a milk canister into what a 10 can McCormick-Deering Milk Cooler.
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McCormick-Deering 10 Can Milk Cooler

Date: 10 09 1936
Description: H.C. Wuesthoof places a milk canister into a 10 can McCormick-Deering Milk Cooler.
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Men Identify Metal for Scrap Drive

Date: 1942
Description: Men from George Schubert and Sons, an International Harvester dealership, examine old farm machines to identify candidates for a wartime scrap drive. The m...
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Spraying Elms with DDT

Date: 1967
Description: Worker spraying Elm trees with DDT pumped from a tank hitched to the back of a vehicle equipped with a snow plow.
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Grape Stomp

Date: 09 15 1984
Description: Patricia Mallach of Waukesha demonstrating grape stomping to a crowd of onlookers during the Wine and Harvest Festival. She has a balloon tied around her n...
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Man with Experimental Farmall Cub Pulling Disk-Harrow

Date: 1948
Description: View across field towards a man using an experimental Farmall Cub pulling a four-foot tandem disk-harrow on a farm.
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Common Pear

Date: 1979
Description: A specimen of Pyrus communis, judged to be the second largest of its type in Wisconsin, growing among smaller trees and shrubs at the edge of a cult...
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Women with Young Campers

Date: 07 10 1967
Description: Two women and several children are sitting in a low-walled enclosure filled with hay. In the background is a barn.
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The Cabbage Patch

Date: 10 20 1988
Description: A man is sitting on a flatbed covered in baskets of cabbages, and is holding up two cabbages. He is wearing overalls, and a cap that reads: "Puerto Rico." ...
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Louis Felix

Date: 10 28 1988
Description: A man in the foreground is holding up a cauliflower in one hand and holding a machete in the other. In the background six other people are working in a cab...
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One-Horse Open Sleigh

Date: 1976
Description: A man and women riding in a sleigh pulled by a single horse. In the background is a barn partially obscured by light snow.
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Barn Dance

Date: 05 1969
Description: A crowd of various ages square dancing at a Barn Dance, Three women in the foreground are sitting on hay bales and talking.
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Meyer Adelman and Bridget Hursley

Date: 09 1943
Description: A man sorts vegetables into a basket while a girl looks on. Caption reads: "Thiensville (vicinity), Wis. Sept, 1943. Meyer Adelman and granddaughter of Met...

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