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Wilton

Date: 1900
Description: Wilton from across fields.
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Oak Hill Farm

Date: 1929
Description: Exterior of Oak Hill farm, home of H.H. Harris, one of the pioneers of the strawberry growing and shipping industry in Wisconsin.
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Erosion on McPeak Farm

Date: 1928
Description: T. N19 R. 4W about section 19, McPeak farm. A 50 foot deep ravine is seen rapidly eating its way toward farm buildings.
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Harvesting Strawberries

Date: 07 1937
Description: Picking strawberries on the farm of Earl Leverich in Monroe County. The Leverich family were leaders in commercial fruit growing in Wisconsin and Earl Lev...
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Cranberry Harvest

Date: 1999
Description: Cranberry harvest at Warrens, the self-proclaimed cranberry capital of Wisconsin.
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Oil City

Date: 1880
Description: Elevated view from hill towards farm fields and houses. Tree-covered hills are in the distance.
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Harvesting Cranberries

Date: 10 08 1997
Description: Group of men harvesting cranberries.
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Building Cranberry Bog with T-20 Crawler Tractor

Date: 1937
Description: Men building a cranberry marsh using an International T-20 TracTracTor (crawler tractor) on the farm of Oscar O. Potter. The tractor is pulling a "turnover...
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Russell Motor Patrol

Date: 07 20 1929
Description: Emil Anderson operates a road grader marked "Russell Motor Patrol No.3" on Highway 12.
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Russell Motor Patrol on Highway 12

Date: 07 20 1927
Description: Emil Anderson operating a road grader marked "Russell Motor Patrol No.3" on Highway 12.
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Three Chimney Rocks

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Description: View across field of a rock formation.
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Street Scene

Date: 1922
Description: View down an unpaved street in a residential area, and storefronts further down. Near a garage on the right is a horse-drawn wagon and automobile. Two men ...
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Wetherby Cranberry Company Farm

Date: 09 09 1922
Description: The farmhouse of the Wetherby Cranberry Company. At the time the farmhouse was owned by H. Kissinger. In the foreground is the corner of the water reservoi...
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Reservoir Bulkhead Used for Cranberry Irrigation

Date: 09 25 1922
Description: The reservoir bulkhead and watershed for the Edward Hableman cranberry marshes. The reservoir was part of the irrigation system used to flood the cranberry...
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Flooded Cranberry Marsh

Date: 07 24 1922
Description: A weed killing flood at Robert Rezin's Cranberry Marsh.
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Harvester Walking through Floating Cranberries

Date: 1997
Description: A man wearing waders walks knee-deep through floating cranberries. The wooden boards floating in the water are booms to contain the cranberries for harvest...
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Loading Cranberries into Truck

Date: 1997
Description: Cranberries fly off of a conveyor belt onto a large pile in the back of a truck during harvest.
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Men Positioning Cranberry Booms

Date: 1997
Description: Men positioning floating booms to confine the cranberries so they can be harvested.
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Man Harvesting Cranberries

Date: 1997
Description: A man stands waist-deep in water to harvest cranberries with a rake during the harvest.
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Man at Conveyor Belt for Harvesting Cranberries

Date: 1997
Description: A man stands in the water next to the conveyor belt that transports cranberries into the truck.

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