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Christmas Greetings to You in Red Cross Service

Date: 1918
Description: Holiday card with a nurse in uniform peering through a wreath she is holding. The card has a thin red border. The text below reads: "Christmas Greetings to...
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Holiday Greeting, Western Union Telegram

Date: 12 31 1917
Description: Holiday telegram from Western Union Telegram and Cable. The telegram form has a holiday theme. At the top is a banner with the text "Holiday Greeting" and ...
Drawing

Holiday Card from McCloskey General Hospital

Date: 12 1943
Description: Hand-drawn holiday card of a woman soldier in front of McCloskey General Hospital. She is in uniform and is saluting. There are cacti (cactus) in the foreg...
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Season's Greetings, Let's Stamp Out the Dictators!

Date: 1942
Description: Holiday card with a 10¢ War Stamp Album glued inside. The front of the card shows Uncle Sam's large shoe kicking Hitler, Mussolini and Hirohito into space....
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Temporary Packing Shelter for Berries

Date: 08 1923
Description: Makeshift shelter for packing fruit, in particular berries. Original caption reads, "a temporary packing shelter for a blackberry patch. Note handled carri...
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Raspberry Pickers

Date: 11 03 1953
Description: Myra Swingle and her two-year-old son, Lanny, picking raspberries together at their home at 2637 Hoard Street.
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Reynolds Brothers, Inc. Letterhead

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Description: Letterhead of Reynolds Brothers of Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin, growers and packers of fresh, frozen, and canned Door County cherries, with a leafy branch lade...
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Men Planting at the Lake Nursery

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Description: Ten men are working in a field, probably planting raspberries at the Lake Nursery. Some of the men are standing watching. In the background are trees and h...
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Lake Nursery Strawberry Field

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Description: Strawberry field, probably at the Lake Nursery.
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Strawberry Picking

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Description: Men, women, and children are gathered in a field picking strawberries, probably at the Lake Nursery. Castle Mound is in the distance.
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Strawberry Picking at Lake Nursery

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Description: Man showing a carton of strawberries under an awning, while behind him men, women, and children are gathered in a field to pick strawberries, probably at t...
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Berry Bushes

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Description: View down row of what may be a field of berry bushes. A wood post in the foreground on the right has wire or rope supporting the row of plants. Trees and h...
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George P. Merrill Dinner Menu

Date: 12 15 1888
Description: Front and inside front covers of a menu with a three-dimensional violin, a stringed bow, a sprig of cloth holly leaves and three berries, and a blue ribbon...
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Madison Sourdough Company Fall Menu

Date: 2013
Description: Double-sided menu for the bakery and cafe, Madison Sourdough Company, (MSCo.) with still-life illustrations in color of fruits, fall leaves, nuts, squash, ...
Book or Pamphlet

Knott's Berry Place Tea Room Menu

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Description: Front cover and menu pages from Knott's Berry Place, with multi-colored boysenberries suspended over rows of plants in the fields, and parked cars lined up...
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Strawberry Picking in Alabama

Date: 05 09 1902
Description: Outdoor group portrait of chidren and adults, standing in the strawberry field of Paul C. Goetsch after picking strawberries. Four people are holding crate...
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Alexander Krueger on the Goetsch Farm

Date: 05 1902
Description: Alexander Krueger standing amongst the grapes on the Paul C. Goetsch farm. A patch of strawberries is growing next to the grapevines, as well as an orchard...
Book or Pamphlet

Plano Manufacturing Company Catalog Cover

Date: 1891
Description: Back cover of catalog featuring a color illustration of children riding on a harvesting machine pulled by three boys. The caption reads: "It is as simple a...
Photograph

Turvill Family Picking Strawberries

Date: 1897
Description: The Turvill family picking strawberries on their family farm. Five family members, men and women, are crouched in the field picking, and a young girl stand...
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Strawberry Fields at Lake's Nursery

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Description: A view of the strawberry fields at Lake's Nursery located north of Harrison and Tenth Streets. In the foreground is a rake standing upright in the ground. ...

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