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Farm Laborers with Reaper

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Description: A crew of farm laborers taking a break from harvesting wheat while a young woman is offering food and drinks. They are posing in front of a reaper with the...
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Girls in Red, White and Blue

Date: 1904
Description: Nine girls are posing standing and wearing patriotic costumes. One girl is holding a flag of the United States. Probably a smaller group, from a total of t...
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Trolley Car Pulling Flat Car Carrying McCormick Binder and Mower

Date: 1899
Description: Group of people posing on a trolley car, which is pulling a flat car loaded with a McCormick grain binder and mower as part of an event culminating the "Cr...
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4-H Tractor Queen Serenaded on a Farmall Cub Tractor

Date: 1950
Description: 4-H Tractor Queen receiving a cake on a Farmall Cub tractor while other 4-H members serenade her.
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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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Uniformed Men with Flag

Date: 1942
Description: Three soldiers stand with an American flag in a field at Camp Perry. The men may have belonged to the "Harvester Battalion."
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School Garden Dinner

Date: 1915
Description: A group of children sitting around tables at the Second Grade Normal School. The room is decorated with flowers and American flags.
Historical Object

Wisconsin Thematic Panel 154-160

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Description: Patience we learned and requiem
to rest the tense who die
For we forgot the brazen earth
in courtship of the sky
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Wisconsin Beekeepers Association

Date: 1921
Description: Group portrait of the Wisconsin Beekeepers Association at the Wisconsin Markets Expo.
Photograph

Ground Breaking Ceremony

Date: 08 1988
Description: Ground breaking ceremony for the construction of Mountin's new Piggly Wiggly store in Mayville.
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August Krueger Family

Date: 1908
Description: Outdoor portrait of the August Krueger family posing with farming tools and leaning on a fence in front of a Catalpa tree. From the left: August Krueger is...
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Olsson & Larsson Dealership Grand Opening

Date: 1900
Description: View of people posing on the porch of a dealership during the grand opening. Two men are holding a U.S. Flag. People are standing with a mower and binder a...
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McCormick-Deering Industrial Power Display

Date: 1938
Description: Group portrait taken inside a tent at the Indiana State Fair showing eight men in suits, hats and ties, some holding walking canes, standing beneath an ele...
Postcard

Horticulture Exhibit at the Courthouse

Date: 10 07 1911
Description: Interior group portrait of horticulture exhibitors and many plates of apples. The ceiling lamps are decorated with flags.
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Bliss Alfalfa Club

Date: 07 15 1913
Description: Group portrait of the Bliss Alfafa Club of Emmet County, showing the President Mr. Grant. The group of men, women and children is standing on an unpaved ro...
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Judging Corn

Date: 1920
Description: A group of Native American men, women and children are posing around a table piled with ears of corn in front of a stage in an auditorium. Several of the m...
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School Children with Train for the Nebraska Preparedness Special Campaign

Date: 1917
Description: Group portrait of school children standing on and near the train for the Union Pacific Nebraska Preparedness Special Campaign.
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Group Portrait of People at Ribbon Cutting

Date: 1979
Description: Outdoor group portrait of a group of men and women at a ribbon cutting at product show at the 20 year anniversary of the Engineering Center.
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Men Posing on a Fleet of Industrial Tractors

Date: 10 09 1928
Description: View towards a group of men posing outdoor on industrial tractors in the yard of what may be an International Harvester plant. There is a flag flying on a ...
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Will and Car

Date: 1913
Description: Will von der Sump posing standing beside a 1912 Ford Model T Touring car. He is wearing dress slacks, a white shirt, necktie and leather driving gauntlets...

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