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Potato Field

Date: 09 28 1948
Description: "Ben & Catherine Adelmeyer tend their potato crop in a field that abutted Henni & Wisconsin Streets."
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Hay at the Edwin Schnitzler Farm

Date: 07 04 1949
Description: "Hay was being made on the Edwin Schnitzler farm on Doyle Road."
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Picking Corn

Date: 09 25 1947
Description: "Nick Koll and his son pick corn near Bancroft Road."
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Milking Cows

Date: 04 1960
Description: "Paul Koll is busy as his cows are being milked."
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Bintzler Farm

Date: 06 1949
Description: "Pat Bintzler feeds chickens on her parent's, Herb & Elvira, farm."
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Chicken at Bintzler Farm

Date: 06 1949
Description: "Pat Bintzler displays one of her prize chickens."
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Herb Bintzler Farm

Date: 06 1949
Description: "Workers collect bales of hay on the Herb Bintzler farm, which is located on Hwy 41 (Hwy 175 today), south of Theresa."
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Ed Radke

Date: 10 1980
Description: "Ed Radke turns soil on his property."
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Ed Radke

Date: 10 1980
Description: "Ed Radke turns soil on his property."
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Operating the Generator

Date: 03 1975
Description: "As a result of the storm some farms did not have electricity for five days. A generator was shared by many farmers and was moved from farm to farm so that...
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Ed Radke

Date: 1978
Description: Head and shoulders portrait of Ed Radke wearing a hat and overalls.
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Ed Radke

Date: 1978
Description: "Although being quite elderly, Ed Radke takes much pride in his crops."
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Ed Radke

Date: 1978
Description: Ed Radke stands between rows of crops in his field.
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Ed Radke

Date: 1978
Description: Ed Radke stands between rows of crops in his field.
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Pontiac Potatoes

Date: 09 1984
Description: "Milton Retzlaff showed off some huge red Pontiac potatoes including a monster that weighted in at a whopping 2 1/2 pounds. Milton claims the potatoes are ...
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Spring Planting

Date: 04 1987
Description: "Paul O. Koll readied his hilly terrain for spring planting."
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Schmidt Farm

Date: 07 04 1987
Description: "The corn in John Schmidt's field at the intersection of Cty Tr P & Allen Road was knee-high plus a lot more on the 4th of July."
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Spraying Cornfield

Date: 07 1990
Description: "Mark Lifke sprays corn in a field on Warner Road."
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Gathering Corn

Date: 11 1981
Description: Ed Radke gathering corn on land now occupied by the Theresa Library and Highlander Estates.
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Farmer Relaxes in his Workshop

Date: 11 1981
Description: Farmer Ed Radke relaxes in his not so tidy workshop.

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