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| Date: | 1947 |
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| Description: | A young woman dressed in a bathing suit and wading boots poses for a promotional photograph for the Wisconsin cranberry industry at Thunder Lake Marsh. Tw... |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | Boom spraying of cranberries, in the Wisconsin Rapids area and probably by members of the Asa Bennett family. This technique using a tractor was developed ... |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | An underwater clipper used by a Wisconsin cranberry grower between 1930 and 1940. This photograph was probably taken near Wisconsin Rapids, perhaps on the ... |
| Date: | 10 19 1947 |
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| Description: | Oscar Rennebohm and an official from the Wisconsin State Cranberry Growers Association with a crate of cranberries. The Gaynor Cranberry Farm of Wisconsin ... |
| Date: | 1948 |
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| Description: | Bee hives near the Bennett cranberry marshes. |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | A cranberry rake used for the manual harvest of cranberries. |
| Date: | 1945 |
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| Description: | Men in waders harvesting cranberries. In the foreground the fields have been flooded for the harvest. In the background crates have been stacked along the ... |
| Date: | 1948 |
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| Description: | Farmer examining cranberry plant near an irrigation ditch. |
| Date: | 1948 |
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| Description: | Man posing with crates of newly harvested cranberries. The cranberries have not been cleaned as there is still plant debris in the crates. |
| Date: | 1948 |
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| Description: | Cranberry fields with irrigation ditches. |
| Date: | 1948 |
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| Description: | Two men inspecting cranberry plants, most likely for pests or disease. |
| Date: | 1945 |
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| Description: | German Prisoner of War stationed in Wisconsin Rapids working on the A.E. Bennett and Sons Cranberry Marsh. He is spraying the cranberry crop with either an... |
| Date: | 1945 |
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| Description: | Irving R. Bennett, of the A.E. Bennett & Son Cranberry Marsh, spraying cranberry marshes for pest and weed control. The hose was attached to a rig that cou... |
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