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Reaping Scene

Date: 1879
Description: Three men taking a break during harvesting. Their horse-drawn reaper raked the grain into rows as it cut. In the background are various farmstead buildings...
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Men with Farm Tools

Date: 1879
Description: Five men, facing away from the camera, are standing in a field. Some of them are holding a rakes and a scythe. A boy is in the foreground facing the camera...
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Cultivator Demonstration

Date: 09 17 1936
Description: Slightly elevated view of a male worker in a field demonstrating a cultivator for the McKay Nursery. Other workers are in the field in the background.
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US Hwy 12 Looking Southwest

Date: 08 29 1933
Description: US Hwy 12 looking southwest, showing corn fields, McVicar Photo Service case, Sinclair sign and a good view of farm buildings in the background.
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Combine on Hill Farm

Date: 08 02 1926
Description: Two men operating Case 9-foot combine with a group of men observing, at University of Wisconsin Hill Farm.
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Tobacco Field

Date: 08 24 1929
Description: A man is standing in a tobacco field. There are trees in the background.
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Combine Thresher and Tractor

Date: 07 22 1929
Description: Two men are posing on a Nichols & Shepard combine thresher and Hart Parr tractor.
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Seed Corn Experiment

Date: 1926
Description: Field of seed corn experiment.
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Comparative Infection of "Yellows" in Alfalfa

Date: 1926
Description: Comparative infection of "yellows" in a field of alfalfa and sweet clover.
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Case Combine at Hill Farm

Date: 08 02 1926
Description: Man cutting and threshing with Case 9-foot combine at the University of Wisconsin Hill Farm.
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Man on Combine

Date: 08 02 1926
Description: Man cutting and threshing with Case 9-foot combine, at University of Wisconsin Hill Farm.
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Man on Combine

Date: 08 02 1926
Description: Man cutting and threshing with Case 9-foot combine, at the University of Wisconsin Hill Farm.
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View From Southeast Shore of Lake Monona

Date: 1875
Description: View from Southeast shore of Lake Monona across a cornfield, perhaps on the farm of Thomas Williamson.
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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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Man Tending Corn Plants

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

Date: 10 1946
Description: Man (Mr. Goodyear?) holding a muskmelon in an agricultural field.
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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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Washburn Observatory on Observatory Hill

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Description: View up hill of Washburn Observatory on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. The President's residence and a rear view of Bascom Hall are to the rig...
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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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Flower Fields

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Description: A group of men posing in a flower field owned by the Camusat Brothers company. Some of the men are holding bouquets of flowers. Caption reads: "Flower Fiel...

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