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Conveyor at Roth Gravel Pit

Date: 02 16 1931
Description: Wisconsin Foundry & Machine Co. conveyor belt loading gravel into hopper which is filling a C.E. & P.A. Roth truck at their gravel pit, 1910 Roth Street ne...
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Husker and Shredder Near Barn

Date: 1912
Description: A man operating a Husker-Shredder near a barn and silo. The husker-shredder is powered with a belt connected to an engine.
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Packaging Onions

Date: 1965
Description: Farmers package onions for shipping. Two women and a man pack and sew closed mesh bags of onions. Another man hoists full bags onto a conveyor belt, while ...
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Conveyor Belt Transporting Onions

Date: 1965
Description: A conveyor belt transports thousands of onions from a wagon to a large pile in a storage building. A row of bags of onions lines the bottom of the onion pi...
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Man Loading Fertilizer onto Horse-Drawn Manure Spreader

Date: 04 18 1927
Description: A man wearing a hat loads a large bin of fertilizer, with the aid of an overhead pulley system attached to a barn, onto a manure spreader that is being pul...
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Harvesting Cranberries Contained by Booms

Date: 1997
Description: Harvesters wade through cranberries contained by booms in the cranberry marsh as they travel on a conveyor belt into the waiting trucks.
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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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Men with Husker-Shredder Near Barn

Date: 1902
Description: A man working with wagons, an engine, and a husker-shredder near a barn, while another man is looking on. One wagon is filled with corn cobs.
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Men with Husker-Shredder near Barn

Date: 1902
Description: Men working with a husker-shredder and wagons near a barn.
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Loading Hay into a Silo

Date: 
Description: View across barnyard towards five men on the William Fiebelkorn farm working with a wagon and conveyor belt to load hay into a silo. The barn has a stone f...
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Inside the Hay Loft

Date: 1960
Description: Elevated view from hayloft of the barn, with a wagon full of hay bales, an empty wagon, and a conveyer sitting in the center of the loft.

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