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Harvesting Cranberries

Date: 1900
Description: Two Ho-Chunk men wearing beaded shirts are gathering cranberries (hoocake) alongside a Ho-Chunk woman and a white man and woman. A large group of cranberry...
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Men Using Tractor and Threshing Machine

Date: 1897
Description: Large group portrait of men and young boys operating a steam tractor that is being used for belt-driven threshing machinery in a field. In the foreground a...
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Farmers Threshing

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Description: Numerous farmers participate in the threshing of grain. Left is the straw stack, center is the threshing machine and wagon to haul it to the granary, and r...
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Grain Stacks

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Description: Two of four conical grain stacks which were arranged in "settings" of four to permit all four to be threshed from a single "setting" or position of the thr...
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Farmers and Threshing Machine

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Description: A group of eight farmers resting on or near a wooden threshing machine.
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Two Men and Threshing Machine

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Description: Two men stand near a threshing machine.
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Threshing Crew

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Description: A team of horses working with a steam tractor and threshing machine next to conical stacks of grain.
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Threshing Crew in a Field

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Description: A crew works with a steam tractor and threshing machinery in a field.
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Men Working With Tractor and Threshing Machinery

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Description: A crew of men inspect a tractor next to a barn, while other men work with a threshing machine in the background.
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Threshing Team

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Description: A crew of farmers work with threshing machinery and a team of horses.
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Gathering Cranberries

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Description: Men and women in a bog picking cranberries.
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Children Gathering Cranberries

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Description: Six children sit in a cranberry bog, while another stands in the background.
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Group Picking Cranberries

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Description: A group of men and women pick cranberries in a bog.
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Picking Cranberries

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Description: A group of men and women gather in a bog to pick cranberries.
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Displaying Cranberries

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Description: A group of men and women stand in or near a tent displaying cranberries.
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Cranberry Picking Family

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Description: A family gathers in a shelter for cranberry picking.
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Berry Stand

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Description: Two men and a young boy attend to a berry stand that displays crates of unidentified berries. In the field behind the men, a large group of people are pick...
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Ho-Chunk and European American Group Cranberry Harvesting

Date: 1900
Description: A large group of Ho-Chunks and white people harvesting cranberries. The wooden boxes lying in the field were filled with the fruit and then shipped by rail...
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Ho-Chunk and European American Group Harvesting Cranberries

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Description: Several Ho-Chunk and European American men, women, and children standing and kneeling in a field with wooden boxes. Probably picking cranberries at Gebhard...
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Ho-Chunk and European American Group Picking Cranberries

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Description: Several Ho-Chunk and European American men, women, and children standing and kneeling in a field with wooden boxes. Probably picking cranberries at Gebhard...

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