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Herman Elies Working with Hemp

Date: 10 06 1944
Description: Herman Elies slashing the twine ties from the hemp bundles to be processed into cordage for rope during World War II at a hemp mill on Highway 51 in DeFore...
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Men Processing Hemp Fibers

Date: 10 06 1944
Description: Two men processing hemp in a DeForest plant for use as cord and rope during World War II. The men are feeding hemp into a rolling machine which crushes the...
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Lyons Turkey Farm Maintenance Workers

Date: 11 1947
Description: Men scalding turkeys to remove feathers in the production area at the Frank Lyons Turkey Farm, Verona.
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Mr. and Mrs. Kapec with Strawberries

Date: 06 26 1955
Description: Local fruit farmers Mr. and Mrs. Martin Kapec, Route 2, Madison, display a crate of home grown strawberries the size of golf balls.
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Mr. and Mrs. John E. Wise, Sr.

Date: 01 08 1955
Description: Wisconsin's new Secretary of State, Glenn M. Wise, pours coffee for her husband, John E. Wise, Sr., who is an electrical engineer with the state Industrial...
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Farmer-Labor Unity Meeting Speakers

Date: 03 18 1944
Description: Six of the speakers for the farmer-labor "unity meeting" held at the Loraine Hotel; left to right: N.R. Johnson, head of the Railway Brotherhoods; Claude R...
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Madison Victory Gardener Purchasing Supplies

Date: 03 19 1944
Description: Alvan Rothermel, Glen Oak Hills, purchasing seed, labels and tools, for his Victory garden from Louis Schuster, manager of the L.L. Olds Seed Company, 720 ...
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Tornado Damage

Date: 07 23 1944
Description: Tornado damage near Truax Field in Madison. The Gritzmacher farm milk house was twisted and shattered by the wind. A group of people are looking at the dam...
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Homemade Mosquito Duster

Date: 07 27 1944
Description: City of Madison staff demonstrating homemade liquid mosquito sprayer designed by Dr. Bernhard "Dommie" Domogalla, city biochemist. Left to right: LeRoy Joh...
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Soviet Government Representatives at Farm

Date: 08 11 1944
Description: Six Russian representatives of the Soviet government observing a new McCormick-Deering Company Model 50-T hay baler at the Bowman Dairy Farm on Fish Hatche...
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B.B. Stoller Tending Mushroom Garden

Date: 09 19 1944
Description: B.B. Stoller tending the University of Wisconsin mushroom garden in the "hole in the ground" which is a bricked and vaulted recess located in the hillside ...
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Wisconsin Council of Agriculture

Date: 10 10 1944
Description: Group portrait of 7 men, probably the executive committee, members of the Wisconsin Council of Agriculture: in no particular order, they probably are: C.F....
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Wisconsin Council of Agriculture

Date: 01 08 1945
Description: Eight members of the Wisconsin Council of Agriculture (in no particular order, they probably are: C.F. Claflin, Pres., William H. Hutter, Pres. emeritus, C...
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Richard Halbach and Florence Bahr

Date: 01 01 1945
Description: Richard Halbach and Florence Bahr, sitting in a car, are the King and Queen of the 26th annual Little International Livestock and Horse Show, held in the S...
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Governor Goodland Signing Agriculture Bill

Date: 05 29 1945
Description: Wisconsin Governor Walter S. Goodland signing a bill in his office, with two men looking on. The bill is probably Chapter 233 of the Laws of 1945 on the as...
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Lewis Flisram, Madison Parks Caretaker

Date: 07 05 1945
Description: Lewis Flisram, age 79, started working for the Madison Parks Commission in 1897. He worked there until 1911. He left to work for his mother for a period of...
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Klinke Hatchery

Date: 01 1946
Description: Exterior view of seven buildings of Klinke Hatchery, 3255 Monona Drive, with unidentified man in doorway of one building.
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Pelton Seed and Supply Company

Date: 04 14 1946
Description: Jack Pelton, operator of the Pelton Seed and Supply Company, 1004 South Park Street, shown with a customer in his store.
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Man Tending Corn Plants

Date: 10 1946
Description: Man in cornfield, tending a plant.
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Man in Field

Date: 10 1946
Description: Man (Mr. Goodyear?) holding a muskmelon in an agricultural field.

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