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Canning Corn

Date: 1927
Description: Husband and wife canning corn in kitchen using Burpee Can Sealer.
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Farm Wife Brings Lunch to Her Husband in the Field

Date: 1970
Description: Ingrid Bengtson bringing lunch to the field to help her husband, Norman, get the planting done faster. They are having lunch on top of the McCormick Intern...
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Fourteen Foot Tomato Plant

Date: 09 27 1936
Description: Mr. Liebenberg standing on a ladder measuring a 14 foot tomato plant growing in his garden. Mrs. Liebenberg is standing beside the plant.
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B.F. Hahn and Family Picnic

Date: 1876
Description: Benjamin F. Hahn, his wife Mary and their servant Sarah Hill sit around a table with an intricately patterned cloth with bowls of apples and grapes. The wo...
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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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Cradling Grain in Field

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Description: The photographer posing his parents, Mr. and Mrs. August Krueger, cradling and raking grain in a field. She is wearing a dress, and a scarf over her head. ...
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The Sowerbys with a Farmall H Tractor

Date: 1942
Description: Mrs. Chester Sowerby is sitting on a Farmall H tractor while her husband is standing in the field beside her. The original caption reads: "Mrs. Chester Sow...
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Madison Community Chest Gardening

Date: 06 21 1949
Description: Madison Community Chest sponsored Farley tract community garden. Mr. and Mrs. Henry A. Blankenburg are listening to the radio while working in their plot.
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Zor Shrine Coffee Hour

Date: 05 29 1954
Description: Wives of Zor Shriners are entertained during a coffee hour at Hotel Loraine. Shown left to right: Bertha Lewis of Madison; Mrs. Clifford Brainert, Janesvil...
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Zor Shrine Coffee Hour

Date: 05 29 1954
Description: Women take part in a Zor Shrine coffee hour held for wives of members. Standing, left, Flora Millichip, Kansas City, KS. Seated left to right: Mae Rowley,...
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Potato Field

Date: 09 28 1948
Description: "Ben & Catherine Adelmeyer tend their potato crop in a field that abutted Henni & Wisconsin Streets."
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Forest Products Society Wives Luncheon

Date: 06 23 1958
Description: Many social events were planned for the wives who accompanied their husbands to a meeting at the Forest Products Research Society. Shown at a luncheon at t...
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Forest Products Society Wives Luncheon

Date: 06 23 1958
Description: Many social events were planned for the wives who accompanied their husbands to a meeting at the Forest Products Research Society. Among the guests were Mr...
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Forest Products Society Wives Luncheon

Date: 06 23 1958
Description: Many social events were planned for the wives who accompanied their husbands to a meeting at the Forest Products Research Society. Two active members of th...
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Forest Products Society Wives Luncheon

Date: 06 23 1958
Description: Many social events were planned for the wives who accompanied their husbands to a meeting at the Forest Products Research Society. Shown at the luncheon ar...
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The Newlyweds Depart

Date: 04 1980
Description: Shortly after their wedding at Saint Theresa Catholic Church, Eugene Bodden and his bride, Linda Johnson prepare to leave the church in a manure spreader.
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Leaving the Wedding

Date: 06 1981
Description: Eileen Wenninger and Mark Lifke ride off after their wedding at Saint Theresa's Catholic Church.
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Roadside Marketeers

Date: 10 1983
Description: Milton and Adeline Retzlaff took time off from serving a steady stream of customers to pose with their merchandise.
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The Boddens

Date: 08 1987
Description: Ralph and Phyllis Bodden pose on their farm.
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Far Traveled Ox-Drawn Cart

Date: 1838
Description: Ox-drawn cart in which Mr. and Mrs. Salmon Upson traveled from Connecticut in 1838.

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