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Selecting Seed Corn in Field

Date: 10 02 1926
Description: Four men selecting seed corn ears in a cornfield.
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Lars Davidson Reque's Farm with Men and Boys

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Description: In this tableau, men and boys stand at the edge of the field in elaborate and fanciful poses. The man on the left holds a hoe and cake while the one on the...
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Wisconsin State Hospital for the Insane

Date: 1872
Description: Wisconsin State Hospital for the Insane (Mendota Mental health Institute) is seen in the distance in this long view from across cornfields.
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E. Thorsen Farm

Date: 1874
Description: The E. Thorsen farm in Springdale.
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Man Tending Corn Plants

Date: 10 1946
Description: Man in cornfield, tending a plant.
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Corn Binder in Field

Date: 1902
Description: Left side profile view of a farmer using a horse-drawn corn binder in a field.
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Equipment of the University of Wisconsin Meteorology Department

Date: 09 29 1948
Description: Assistant Professor Reid Bryson of the University of Wisconsin Meteorology department, and student Charles Thorngate, Middleton, examine an instrument loca...
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Youth Detasseling Corn

Date: 08 03 1949
Description: From left to right: Carole Ballinger, Joyce Anderson, and Nancy Toepfer detassel corn as part of their summer jobs.
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Two Women in a Residential Yard

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Description: Two women sitting in yard. One woman sits in a rocking chair, the other woman sits on the ground, holding an ear of corn in her lap. In the background a vi...
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McCormick Binders at University of Wisconsin-Madison

Date: 1900
Description: Two men use horse-drawn McCormick grain binders in a field in front of a dairy barn at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. A grain elevator or walkway ext...
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Woman with Squirrel

Date: 1920
Description: A young woman holding an ear of corn reclines on a bed while a squirrel sits on her thigh. The woman wears a heavy skirt, blouse, and needlework cloche hat...
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Camp Indianola

Date: 1929
Description: A group of young boys with their male camp counselors are sitting and standing around the split-rail fence. There is a log cabin and a cornfield in the bac...
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Field Trip

Date: 1923
Description: “Station Day” (agricultural demonstration) field trip party walking out into a half-grown cornfield.
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Corn Growing Champion

Date: 01 25 1960
Description: Wisconsin corn growing champion Larry Pluemer of Lancaster is shown at right with Bernard McGinley, Grant county farm and home development agent. Mr. Pluem...
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Double Negative: Three Farmers in Corn Field

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Description: Three farmers on a double exposure negative with a cornfield in the background. The man in front is wearing overalls and eyeglasses. All three men are wear...
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Sun Prairie Corn Festival

Date: 08 19 1961
Description: John Lynch (10) of Sun Prairie is shown biting into an ear of corn at the annual corn festival.
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Sun Prairie Corn Festival

Date: 08 19 1961
Description: Mary Heisler of Sun Prairie carefully eats an ear of corn at the annual corn festival.
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Sun Prairie Corn Festival

Date: 08 19 1961
Description: Billy Stevenson (9) of Madison is shown finishing his sixth ear of corn at the Sun Prairie corn festival.
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Sun Prairie Corn Festival

Date: 08 19 1961
Description: An unnamed rural DeForest area man is shown eating an ear of corn at the Sun Prairie Corn Festival.
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Paul Vanderbilt Pairing 132

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Description: The parson came. He said it well:
Enough is all we want, to hold and sleep on,
not the sky.
A little harvest of the sorrows
between the sentenc...

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