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Green & Company Truck

Date: 04 30 1936
Description: Three men loading seed sacks into Green & Company Ford semi-trailer truck at Olds Seed Co. loading dock, 722 Williamson Street. Sign on truck reads: "Green...
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Olds Seed Company Trucks

Date: 01 29 1936
Description: Three men loading two L.L. Olds Seed Co. trucks with out-going mail, at 722 Williamson Street.
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Design of Kernels of Grain

Date: 04 14 1931
Description: Design made from various kernels of grain. Taken for the Wisconsin Engraving Co.
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Plant and Food Display

Date: 09 26 1928
Description: Copy of a photo of plant and food display of the "Great Northern Seed Company."
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Vase of Dahlias

Date: 10 13 1927
Description: Vase of Dahlias for the Olds Seed Company catalog.
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Dahlia Flower Heads

Date: 10 12 1927
Description: Arrangement of dahlia flower heads for Olds Seed Company catalog.
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Dahlias in Three Vases

Date: 10 12 1927
Description: Dahlias in three vases for the Olds Seed Company catalog.
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Japanese Lantern Plant

Date: 10 13 1927
Description: Dried arrangement of Japanese lantern plant in a vase for the Olds Seed Company catalog.
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Seed Corn Experiment

Date: 1926
Description: Field of seed corn experiment.
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Blaney Farms Shed with Heater

Date: 05 05 1947
Description: Blaney Hybred Seed Co. farm buildings, showing Despatch Super Convection Heater built by Despatch Oven Company, Minneapolis.
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Blaney Farms Bookkeeper

Date: 05 05 1947
Description: Blaney Farms bookkeeper at a desk in the office.
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Blaney Farm Seed Corn

Date: 05 17 1948
Description: Bag of Blaney Farm seed corn. Sign on bag reads: "Blaney's Hybrid Seed Corn, Blaney Hybrid Seed Corn Farms, Madison, Wisconsin, Member of Wisconsin Experim...
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Madison Victory Gardener Purchasing Supplies

Date: 03 19 1944
Description: Alvan Rothermel, Glen Oak Hills, purchasing seed, labels and tools, for his Victory garden from Louis Schuster, manager of the L.L. Olds Seed Company, 720 ...
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Standard Seed Company

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Description: Standard Seed Company located at 732 Williamson Street, built in 1898. The company moved to 653 West Washington Avenue in 1940.
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Butch Quick Carries Seed Bucket

Date: 04 1964
Description: Thirteen-year-old John "Butch" Quick carrying a bucket of seed toward his Cub Cadet tractor.
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Victory Garden Window Display

Date: 1917
Description: Display in the window of John J. Blied & Sons promoting victory gardens and featuring seed packets, hoes, and watering cans.
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Wagons with Cotton Seed

Date: 11 29 1915
Description: Elevated view of farmers driving horse-drawn wagons carrying cotton seed along a rural dirt road. Farm buildings are on a hill in the background.
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Seed Dealership Truck

Date: 03 21 1925
Description: A man loads a burlap bag of seeds onto the back of an International Model S truck owned by D.L. Ramsey & Son. The truck is parked along the curbside in fro...
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Man Using Farmall Tractor for Seeding Field

Date: 07 12 1926
Description: Three-quarter view from right rear of a man using a Farmall tractor to seed a field.
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Salzer's Early Bird Radish

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Description: An illustration in the John A. Salzer's Seed Company catalog advertising early bird radishes. The illustration features a basket spilling over with radishe...

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