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| Date: | 05 24 1945 |
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| Description: | Long distance view of Blaney Seed Farm and buildings, at Syene & Lacy Roads. |
| Date: | 1941 |
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| Description: | Man loading sacks of millet seed onto an International K-5 truck bound for a Chicago market. The truck was owned by Sowash Grain Co. Inc. of Crown Point, I... |
| Date: | 05 05 1947 |
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| Description: | Blaney Hybred Seed Co. farm buildings, showing Despatch Super Convection Heater built by Despatch Oven Company, Minneapolis. |
| Date: | 05 05 1947 |
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| Description: | Blaney Farms bookkeeper at a desk in the office. |
| Date: | 06 04 1948 |
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| Description: | New style bag of Blaney's seed. Writing on bag states: "Blaney's Hybrid Seed Corn, Blaney Farms, Certified Seeds, Madison, Wisconsin, Member of Wisconsin E... |
| Date: | 05 17 1948 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of the Wisconsin Seed Company, Funk's Hybrid, with several automobiles parked beside it. |
| Date: | 03 19 1944 |
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| 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 ... |
| Date: | 04 20 1944 |
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| Description: | Mary Kessenich Schmitz, sitting with her children Martha and David, looking at garden seed catalogs. |
| Date: | 04 14 1946 |
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| Description: | Jack Pelton, operator of the Pelton Seed and Supply Company, 1004 South Park Street, shown with a customer in his store. |
| Date: | 1943 |
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| Description: | Front side of order blank for Aunt Jenny's Garden for Victory seeds featuring a drawing of a woman and several vegetables. |
| Date: | 01 20 1945 |
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| Description: | Label submitted to the State of Wisconsin for trademark registration. Features the shape of the state of Wisconsin outlined in blue and filled in with yell... |
| Date: | 1947 |
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| Description: | Three-quarter view from left rear of a man driving a Farmall H with soil pulverizers, with grass seeding attachment and seed box. Farm of Tom Stolen, Route... |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | Alden G. Bagley driving a Farmall M pulling a wagon loaded with barrels of seed potatoes. Behind him is his 6,000 barrel storage house. |
| Date: | 1943 |
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| Description: | The cover design of the gardening catalog Old's Seed Book featuring an illustration of varieties of larkspurs. |
| Date: | 1945 |
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| Description: | A cover design of the Olds' Seeds catalog from the L.L. Olds Seed Co. The caption reads: "Victory Gardener by ???," and features a photograph of a woman we... |
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