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Alexander Lake's Nursery

Date: 1896
Description: A boy and a man are holding up small white pine trees, while workers are planting them at Alexander Lake's nursery. In the background are horses and wagons...
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Evergreen Trees

Date: 
Description: Elevated view of a variety of evergreen trees in a nursery, including White, Norway, Scotch and Jack pines, and White and Norway spruce near Trout Lake.
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McKay Nursery Field

Date: 09 25 1940
Description: McKay Nursery Company field of landscape plants and trees.
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McKay Nursery Field

Date: 09 25 1940
Description: Man standing in a McKay Nursery Company field of landscape plants and trees.
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McKay Nursery, Group of Employees

Date: 05 12 1937
Description: Group portrait of employees in front of the McKay Nursery Co. building.
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McKay Nursery

Date: 05 12 1937
Description: William G. McKay standing beside nursery stock inside the McKay Nursery warehouse.
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McKay Nursery

Date: 05 12 1937
Description: Elevated view of a group of employees standing beside nursery stock inside the McKay Nursery warehouse.
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McKay Nursery

Date: 05 12 1937
Description: Three men and three trucks parked in front of McKay Nursery Co. building.
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McKay Nurseries Field

Date: 05 07 1937
Description: Group of men digging with shovels in the McKay Nursery evergreens field.
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McKay Nursery

Date: 05 07 1937
Description: Large group of employees standing beside trucks parked in front of McKay Nursery.
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McKay Nursery, Trucks and Employees

Date: 05 07 1937
Description: Large group of employees standing beside trucks parked in front of McKay Nursery building. Alternate view.
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McKay Nursery

Date: 09 28 1931
Description: Storefront of McKay Nursery, 911 University Avenue. The sign above the entrance reads: "McKay Nursery Co. Wisconsin's Greatest Nursery."
Map or Atlas

Bird's-Eye View of Viroqua

Date: 1879
Description: Bird's-eye view of Viroqua, county seat of Vernon County.
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Planting Seedlings

Date: 
Description: Planting seedings at the state nursery at Trout Lake.
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R-120 Truck at Nursery

Date: 1953
Description: Color photograph of a man unloading a burlap bag onto the back of an International R-120 pickup truck in front of "Toll Gate Nursery."
Postcard

Horticultural, Dairy, and Agricultural Buildings

Date: 
Description: View from across fields of Horticultural buildings on left, Hiram Smith Hall in the middle, and Agricultural Hall on the right on the University of Wiscons...
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Horticulture Building

Date: 1904
Description: University of Wisconsin-Madison College of Agriculture. The building stands on the right, with attached greenhouses on the left. A smokestack is behind the...
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Ho-Chunk and European-American Group in a Field

Date: 
Description: Several Ho-Chunk and European American men, women, and children standing and kneeling in a field. Probably picking cranberries at Gebhardt's nursery. A lar...
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Ho-Chunk and European American Group Harvesting Cranberries

Date: 
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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Accent Greenhouse

Date: 05 1981
Description: 7595 Mineral Point Road, between Madison and Pine Bluff.

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