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Ninth International Congress Banquet Menu

Date: 09 1887
Description: Interior menu pages of the Ninth International Medical Congress, with a woman in a head wrap and skirt decorated with stars pouring liquid from a jug into ...
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Apiary Tent Display

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Description: Three men and a boy standing outside a tent with a sign reading "Apiary." Beekeeping supplies, including hives and frames are displayed inside and outside ...
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Wisconsin State Bee Keepers Association Membership Certificate

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Description: Wisconsin State Bee Keepers Association membership certificate, signed by N.E. France Association President. No. 148. Illustrations of clover flowers and b...
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Henry Alley Examining Queens

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Description: Henry Alley, examining just averaged queens in a cage nursery.
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Henry Alley and Smoker

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Description: Henry Alley demonstrating the use of his famous smoker.
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Deacon Hardscrebble

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Description: Deacon Hardscrebble with straw hat and pipe. Dog in background.
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S.M. Babcock with a Cow

Date: 05 1928
Description: Dr. Stephen M. Babcock posed with a cow in a University of Wisconsin pasture.
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Stephen Babcock Milking a Cow

Date: 05 1928
Description: Stephen Moulton Babcock seated on a small stool and milking a cow as another man holds a harness around the cow's head. They are in a University of Wiscons...
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Threshing Scene

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Description: A scene in a field of men posing on and near a thresher. A man sits on a wagon with four or five pairs of horses standing around him. There is an oval-shap...
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Group Portrait of Young Men at a Picnic

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Description: A group of young men seated on the ground, having a picnic. A can of honey, salmon, and bread are visible on the ground. Two of the men have metal dots on ...
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Group of Civil War Re-Enactors

Date: 09 1993
Description: Civil war re-enactors in costume armed with bayonets.
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Henry, Chamberlin and Babcock with Butterfat Tester

Date: 1917
Description: Dean W.A. Henry, University President Thomas C. Chamberlin, and Stephen M. Babcock with Babcock's butterfat testing device.
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Two Men with Beehives

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Description: Two men standing posing outdoors behind beehives. Square honeycomb and full frames are displayed on top of hives. In the background on the right is a build...
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Brovald Moving Beehives

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Description: Andrew C. Brovald moving a hive with a wooden wheelbarrow. A row of beehives are on the left, and more beehives are sitting in the grass in the background....
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Men at the Brigham Farm

Date: 04 21 1911
Description: Group of men and a young boy breaking hemp at the Brigham farm.
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Some of Our Friends Who Love the Honey Bees

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Description: Photographic collage of various beekeepers in the 1870s. Includes photographs of men, women, and children, with their names printed underneath their portra...
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Swarm of Bees on Fence Post with Frank Buhl

Date: 06 1921
Description: Frank Buhl is standing next to a swarm of bees on a fence post and barbed wire. A beehive is directly beneath the swarm. Buhl, who is wearing suspenders, i...
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Swarm of Bees on Man's Back

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Description: Close-up of a small swarm of bees on a man's back. He is wearing a white sweater, and a bee hat with veil. He is among a group of people, facing away from ...
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Portrait of J.E. Cady

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Description: Waist-up oval portrait of J.E. Cady, of Medford, Minnesota. He is wearing a suit coat, and has a long beard and a moustache.
Book or Pamphlet

Adriance and Buckeye Harvesting Machinery Catalog

Date: 1896
Description: Catalog cover of Adriance, Platt & Co. features an illustration of a farmer standing in a field holding a scythe and wiping his brow. In the background men...

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