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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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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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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: An unnamed rural DeForest area man is shown eating an ear of corn at the Sun Prairie Corn Festival.
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No. 2 Ensilage and Forage Blower

Date: 1947
Description: View across farmyard towards a man working with a No. 2 ensilage and forage blower near a barn and two silos. Bowman dairy farm.
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Man Using No. 2 Ensilage Harvester with Farmall M Tractor

Date: 1947
Description: View across harvested cornfield towards a man using a Farmall M tractor to pull a No. 2 ensilage harvester and wagon and box on the Bowman Dairy Farm. Farm...
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Short Course

Date: 02 14 1916
Description: Elevated view of a group of men attending an Agricultural short course in Madison, Wisconsin. There are samples of ears of corn on the tables. Two men stan...
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Oscar Mayer Farm

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Description: An man is using a pitchfork to move silage off of a wagon into what may be an ensilage cutter, which is near a silo and barn at the Oscar Mayer farm.
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Oscar Mayer Farm withTractor

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Description: In the foreground on the right is a tractor belt-driving what may be an ensilage cutter. A man is standing on a horse-drawn wagon moving silage into the cu...

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