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| Date: | 09 1934 |
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| Description: | Two men are loading cranberries into a washing machine. |
| 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: | 1937 |
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| Description: | Men building a cranberry marsh using an International T-20 TracTracTor (crawler tractor) on the farm of Oscar O. Potter. The tractor is pulling a "turnover... |
| Date: | 10 1984 |
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| Description: | Tim Finch and Kay Finch of the Perry Creek Cranberry Company. In the background men work in the cranberry marsh to harvest the berries. |
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| Description: | Mechanical cranberry picker in the field. A man is standing behind the picker. |
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| Description: | Newell Jasperson of the Whittlesey Cranberry Company with machinery used in cranberry fields. There is snow on the ground, and behind him is a parked autom... |
| 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... |
| Date: | 1915 |
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| Description: | Exhibit at the Milwaukee County Fair devoted to Wisconsin's cranberry production. The exhibit includes cranberry plants, various cranberry varieties, cranb... |
| Date: | 1958 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of a man loading freshly harvested cranberries into processing machinery. The machine appears to separate the berries from leaves and other d... |
| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | Machinery used for grading cranberries. As the berries move through the machine the are sorted by size and deposited on the appropriate conveyor belt for p... |
| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of graded cranberries moving along multiple conveyor belts to await further processing and inspection. Three men stand near the conveyor belt... |
| Date: | 1980 |
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| Description: | Freshly harvested cranberries float on the top of a flooded cranberry marsh. The berries are gathered and fed onto a conveyor belt that dumps the berries i... |
| Date: | 1980 |
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| Description: | Cranberry harvesters use wooden booms and rakes to gather cranberries from a flooded marsh. |
| Date: | 1980 |
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| Description: | Man driving machine used to harvest cranberries on a flooded marsh. |
| Date: | 1983 |
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| Description: | Cranberry marshes flooded and full of cranberries for the harvest. In the background is farm equipment, and men are removing the cranberries from the marsh... |
| Date: | 1983 |
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| Description: | Men harvest cranberries by raking the fruit across flooded marshes onto a conveyor belt which loads the berries into trucks. |
| Date: | 1983 |
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| Description: | Men wearing waders stand knee-deep in water harvesting cranberries on flooded marshes. |
| Date: | 1983 |
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| Description: | Harvested cranberries being unloaded from a truck for cleaning and processing. A woman stands over the cranberries with a rake while adjusting the flow of ... |
| Date: | 1985 |
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| Description: | Prominent Wisconsin Democrat and cranberry grower Philleo Nash holding a large handful of freshly harvested cranberries. |
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