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Alice in Dairyland

Date: 1951
Description: Alice in Dairyland, Marjean Czerwinski, wearing her crown and gown, rides on the back of a Harley-Davidson motorcycle.
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Haddy Barn and Sprint Car

Date: 2004
Description: The Haddys are famous in local dirt track racing. Their son, Tim, kneels in front of a sprint car.
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Herbst Barn — Exterior

Date: 2004
Description: Bob and Joan Herbst, at N8560 Hwy 175 (Section 15), have lived here for 6.5 years.
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Haddy Barn

Date: 2004
Description: Glenn and Carol Haddy live at N9654 Cty Tr AY (Section 4). They purchased the farm in 1963. The last time cows were milked here was 1997.
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Dogs Granary — Exterior

Date: 2004
Description: This farm, at N8139 Hwy P (Section 22), has been in the Dogs family since 1937. Norbert and Hertha purchased from William Benter in 1937. They sold the far...
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Beauty Queen with Cranberries

Date: 1965
Description: An unidentified beauty queen wearing a crown, along with three men, pose with harvested cranberries in a cranberry marsh.
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Grape Boycott Picket

Date: 1968
Description: Ernesto Chacon, a grape boycott organizer from Milwaukee, is wearing a jacket, sunglasses and a necklace around his neck. He is holding a United Farmworker...
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Grape Boycott Picketing

Date: 1968
Description: On the left, Ernesto Chacon, is in sunglasses and holding a sign that says, "Don't Buy Grapes," picketing for the United Farmworkers/AFL-CIO grape boycott....
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Milwaukee Grape Boycott Picketers

Date: 1969
Description: Picketers in front of Kroger supermarket in Milwaukee carrying United Farmworkers (UFW)/AFL-CIO signs that read, "Boycott Grapes" to support the grape boyc...
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Truck Fleet

Date: 10 1978
Description: "Ken & LaVerne Schoebel pose with their fleet of trucks."
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Salvador Sanchez Addressing Workers

Date: 1967
Description: Standing on the hood of the car in a striped short-sleeved shirt and sunglasses is Salvador Sanchez, an organizer for Obreros Unidos (United Workers), a Wi...
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Widmer Cheese Bulk Truck

Date: 03 1975
Description: "For pumping out the milk at each farm, a small gas engine was used to power the truck's pump. Myron Weninger checks the pump on the Widmer Cheese bulk tru...
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Schmidt Farm

Date: 07 04 1987
Description: "The corn in John Schmidt's field at the intersection of Cty Tr P & Allen Road was knee-high plus a lot more on the 4th of July."
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Scout II in Snow

Date: 1978
Description: View through corn of Scout parked in the snow. Two men in camouflage coats and hats are standing next to the Scout, and one man is holding a firearm. The S...

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