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First Farmers Alliance

Date: 1877
Description: The first Farmers Alliance — also known as the Southern Alliance — is shown in front of the cabin in which their first formal meeting was held in 1877 in P...
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International Harvester Exhibit at A.L.A. Meeting

Date: 05 1929
Description: International Harvester film and visual aids exhibit at the American Library Association meeting in Washington. The exhibit was prepared by International H...
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Agricultural Extension Lecturer at Meeting

Date: 1913
Description: International Harvester Agricultural Extension Department employee W.R. Baughman talking to a small meeting in Dupage County during the Alfalfa Campaign. A...
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Farmall Cub on Display at Branch Meeting

Date: 1947
Description: McCormick-Deering Farmall Cub tractor on display at a Great Falls, Montana branch meeting. A sign on the tractor advertises the price of the tractor and va...
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Meeting of the Eastern District Norwegian Synod

Date: 1877
Description: A group seated around a table in the yard drinking coffee. Pastor Even Johnson Homme (1843-1903), the founder of the Wittenberg Orphan's Home, is on the le...
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Wisconsin Pest Control Conference

Date: 04 06 1950
Description: Group portrait of the 5th conference of the Wisconsin Pest Control, taken in the Crystal Ball Room of the Loraine Hotel.
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Wisconsin Pest Control Conference

Date: 03 29 1951
Description: Group portrait of attendees at the Wisconsin Pest Control 6th Conference in the Waubesa Room, Park Hotel, 22 South Carroll Street.
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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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Breeders Association Meeting

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Description: Meeting of the board of directors of the newly formed Barron County Holstein Breeders Association.
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Cream Separator Display at Dairy Cattle Congress

Date: 1946
Description: Cream separators stand on display against a backdrop at the Dairy Cattle Congress. The display text reads: "Newest Star in the Milky Way; McCormick-Deering...
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Standard Oil Farm Meeting

Date: 08 04 1948
Description: View of speakers platform from the back of the room at a Standard Oil Co. farm meeting.
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Tractor Farming Display

Date: 1938
Description: Display advertising Tractor Farming Magazine. The original caption reads: "Tractor Farming display designed by N.H. Schmidt for the Peoria B/H."
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Farm Bureau Officials

Date: 11 12 1951
Description: Two Wisconsin Farm Bureau officials conferring with Mrs. Paul Palmer from Ethlyn, Missouri, principal speaker at the annual meeting of the Wisconsin Farm B...
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Southern Cattle Men Convention Display

Date: 1919
Description: A group of men stand near a bull in a hallway of Hotel Grunewald during the Southern Cattlemen Convention. A sign reading: "Bogalusa Brand Owned by Great S...
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Tractor Demonstration

Date: 05 17 1916
Description: Men are watching the demonstration of an Avery Company tractor pulling a Hoosier seed drill (?) across a field at Newsorn Farm during the annual meeting of...
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Dairy Conference Registration

Date: 06 21 1953
Description: Catherine Clayton (left) is handling money and the cash box, while Ernest Corley (center) is examining identification at the beginning of a three-day conf...
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Shorewood Hills Young People Planning a Dance

Date: 07 02 1953
Description: Eight young people from Shorewood Hills take a break from planning their dance, called "Watermelon Weather." From left are: Ray White, Janet Chlanda, Nancy...
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Mrs. Morris Voelker

Date: 02 01 1954
Description: Portrait of Mrs. Morris Voelker, Ellsworth, one of the women in attendance at the Farm and Home Week at the University of Wisconsin.
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UAW Farm Implement Conference

Date: 05 10 1947
Description: Conference room at the United Auto workers (UAW) farm implement conference. Attendees sit at banquet tables and stand along the walls in the crowded room.
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UAW Farm Implement Conference

Date: 05 10 1947
Description: Conference room at the United Auto workers (UAW) farm implement conference. Attendees sit at banquet tables and stand along the walls in the crowded room.

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