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Canning Corn

Date: 1927
Description: Husband and wife canning corn in kitchen using Burpee Can Sealer.
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Bulgarian Peasants

Date: 1915
Description: Bulgarian peasants attend school to learn American methods of corn culture.
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Young Men Laying Out Ears of Corn

Date: 1918
Description: Two young men, probably students, laying ears of corn on wooden table.
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Boys Grain Judging Club

Date: 1917
Description: A group of boys from the Boys Grain Judging Club at Walkenhorst School sitting around a table outdoors to look at cobs of corn. A man, wearing eyeglasses, ...
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Children at Corn Germination Lesson

Date: 1913
Description: Class of children gathered outdoors around a table for a corn germination lesson. Original caption reads: "after the rag dolls are prepared they are immers...
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"Rag Doll" Testing

Date: 1913
Description: Class of girls and teacher running a seed germination test ("rag-doll" test) in the classroom. The class is standing around a table, and are using a pail t...
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Inspecting Corn

Date: 1919
Description: Men and women are seated at tables inspecting corn, most likely as part of an instructional session organized by the IH Agricultural Extension. There is a ...
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Husking and Silking Corn

Date: 07 1926
Description: A woman and a girl sitting at a table, husking and silking corn at the Harvester Farm. The image is one of a series illustrating canning methods.
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Canning Corn: Removing from Cooker and Cooling

Date: 07 19 1926
Description: A woman and a girl standing in a kitchen. They are in the process of canning corn at the Harvester Farm, and are removing cans from the cooker and allowing...
Historical Object

Wisconsin Thematic Panel 562-573

Date: 
Description: A fire is not a place, but a containment
to keep burning.

A reassembly of inner flames around the patriarch,
A school and script for golden we...
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Winnebago County Agricultural School Classroom

Date: 1907
Description: An interior view of a Winnebago County School of Agriculture and Domestic Economy classroom.
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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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Ear Test for Ears of Corn

Date: 1916
Description: Group of men working inside a large room with samples of corn. Original caption: "Several hundred bushels were given six kernels every ear test, the averag...
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Teachers

Date: 1914
Description: A group of male and female Cook County teachers studying corn, preparatory to taking up this work in their rural schools.
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Taking out the Kernels

Date: 1914
Description: A young girl and two young boys looking at samples of corn cobs set up on a table.
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Judging Corn

Date: 1920
Description: A group of Native American men, women and children are posing around a table piled with ears of corn in front of a stage in an auditorium. Several of the m...
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Men and Boys Examining Corn Cobs

Date: 
Description: A man and three boys are in a sitting room examining corn cobs. Lantern slide.
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Children and Teacher

Date: 
Description: Children and teacher standing outdoors around a table of corn. Hand-tinted lantern slide.
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Two Women Examining Corn Shoots

Date: 
Description: Close-up of two women examining what may be corn shoots. The shoots are on plates, and in a glass on a table. Lantern slide.

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