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Hop Pickers at Harvest Time

Date: 1895
Description: Hop pickers posing by stands of harvested hops.
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Dale Farm

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Description: A scrapbook page containing five photographs of John R. Commons and farm labor. The handwriting in the center reads: "Dale Farm with AL and Windy." Caption...
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Indians Thresh Wheat

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Description: Indians thresh the first wheat at the Sac and Fox Agency in Iowa.
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Farmers with Large Haystack

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Description: Several farmers posing with a very large haystack. A man identified as "Uncle Dave" is standing on top of the hay.
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Potato Harvest

Date: 1918
Description: Group of seven people seated in a field and eating raw potatoes. The family dog is also present.
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Thrashing Rye

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Description: Several agricultural workers are shown thrashing rye. Three men are loaingd rye near a thrashing machine, which is operating. Several other men and a pair ...
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Harvesting Hay

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Description: A man is piling hay onto a wagon pulled by oxen.
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Harvesting Sugar Cane

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Description: Agricultural laborers harvesting sugar cane.
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Loading Sugar Cane

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Description: Agricultural workers loading sugar cane onto a cart pulled by two donkeys. Caption reads: "Loading Sugar Cane, Morgan City, LA."
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Young Man Riding a Mule

Date: 1900
Description: A young man is shown riding a mule. He is transporting harvested sugar cane.
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Pepper Picking

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Description: A group of men, women and children in a field. Caption reads: "Picking peppers for Green Heart Tabasco Sauce, New Iberia, LA."
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Cranberry Harvest Party

Date: 1885
Description: Large group of cranberry harvesters posing with implements. Many of the individuals are wearing boutonnières and corsages made from cranberry sprigs. Many ...
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Cranberry Gathering

Date: 1980
Description: Cranberry harvesters use wooden booms and rakes to gather cranberries from a flooded marsh.
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Cranberries in Crates in Horse-Drawn Cart

Date: 1935
Description: Elevated view of hand picked cranberries in crates loaded into a horse-drawn cart.
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G.E. Evans Letterhead

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Description: Letterhead of G.E. Evans, a grower of cultivated cranberries from New Lisbon, Wisconsin. Includes an illustration by (A.?) R.R. Richards of people working ...
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Baldwin & Killen Lands and W.H. Killen & Co. Letterhead

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Description: Letterhead of Baldwin & Killen Lands and W.H. Killen & Company, dealers of farm, lumber, and mineral lands, from Appleton, Wisconsin, with an image on the ...
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Kreme-O-Maltz, Malt Syrup Label

Date: 1929
Description: Label submitted to the state of Wisconsin for trademark registration. "Kreme-O-Maltz, Light Hop Flavor, Malt Syrup." Distributed by the Oshkosh Maltz Produ...
Book or Pamphlet

Keller's Advertising Brochure

Date: 1883
Description: Two panels with color illustrations of men using grain binders in a field, each is pulled by a single horse.
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"Of Mice and Men" Publicity Still

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Description: Production still from the film "Of Mice and Men." A man is sitting on a horse while two other men are sitting and standing next to a harvesting machine in ...
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Harvest Time

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Description: Elevated view of men harvesting what appears to be hay on the Lloyd Jones farm. A tractor in the background on the left is powering the thresher with a lon...

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