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University of Minnesota Bee Culture

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Description: Display for the University of Minnesota's Division of Bee Culture. An unknown man wearing a suit and tie and holding a hive frame stands near the display. ...
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Symbol of the Seabees

Date: 11 02 1969
Description: Bee symbol of the construction battalion (Seabees) at the Naval Reserve Training Center located at 1046 East Washington Avenue.
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Transporting Beehives at Henry's Honey Farm

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Description: Side view of a truck and flatbed trailer transporting beehives at Henry's Honey Farm. The truck is parked on a road among an open fields lined by trees. Th...
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Wisconsin Honey Farm, Label

Date: 1921
Description: Label submitted to the state of Wisconsin for trademark registration. Badger Brand Honey produced at the Wisconsin Honey Farm with the subheading "Where qu...
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Apiary Tent Display

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Description: Three men and a boy standing outside a tent with a sign reading "Apiary." Beekeeping supplies, including hives and frames are displayed inside and outside ...
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Can of Pure Wisconsin Honey

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Description: Ten pound can of honey. The label reads: "Pure Wisconsin Honey, Badger Brand, packed under the direction of the Wisconsin State Beekeepers' Association, In...
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Hives on Balcony

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Description: Two men are posing standing on a balcony on the side of a brick building with several beehives. The man on the right is in front of an open window and is h...
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Hassinger Honey Advertisement

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Description: Sign reading "Try Hassinger Honey to sweeten fresh fruit, breakfast foods, pan cakes, cold meats, cheese, ice cream, and cold and hot drinks." Ed Hassinger...
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Honey Display Window

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Description: Window display of honey and bee products. Decorative bee skep, hive boxes, comb honey, candles, two observation hive frames of bees, photographs, and small...
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Four Men at the American Honey Producers League Convention

Date: 01 1928
Description: Group portrait of four men: C.L. Corkins, H.F. Wilson, C.W. Hartman, and Frank Rauchfuss standing in front of a display of honey in jars, and boxes of hone...
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Monterey County Honey Display

Date: 01 1928
Description: Slightly elevated view of a honey display for Monterey County, California. At the American Honey Producers' League Convention.
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Apiary of F.H. Stacey

Date: 1916
Description: Backyard apiary consisting of a large group of numbered beehives on a platform in front of a house. Behind them is a man standing wearing a vest and hat. W...
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Rooftop Beehive in Winter

Date: 12 10 1929
Description: Beehive tied down onto a roof, covered in snow. Stenciled on one of the hive boxes is the word: "JUMBO." Belongs to E.W. Brown, an apiculturist from Willow...
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Honey Queen Lois Lensmeyer

Date: 1969
Description: Manitowoc County Honey Queen, Lois Lensmeyer of Whitelaw, Wisconsin. She wears a white dress and is standing and smiling with her Honey Queen sash and crow...
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LeAnn Wenger, 1976 Buffalo County Honey Queen

Date: 1976
Description: LeAnn Wenger, the Buffalo County Honey Queen. Wenger's hometown is Fountain City, Wisconsin. She is standing in front of a honey display, wearing a Buffalo...
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Wisconsin Honey Queen

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Description: Studio portrait of the Wisconsin Honey Queen holding a jar of honey from Johnson Creek, Wisconsin. She is wearing a tiara and a sash reading "Wisconsin Hon...
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August Laechelt and Minnesota Honey Queen

Date: 1971
Description: August Laechelt (La Valle, Wisconsin) and the Minnesota State Honey Queen at the Minnesota State Fair. The Honey Queen is wearing a sash and tiara. Behind ...
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Honey Bee Display

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Description: Display of bees in a large observation hive. The frames are behind glass or plastic. A man in white shirt, black pants and a plaid hat stands to the right,...
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Display of Honey Jars

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Description: Display of honey containers with printed labels on four wooden shelves. On the top shelf are glass jars of honey, and the bottom three shelves have a varie...
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Apiary of J.E. Cady

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Description: View across field of the house and apiary of J.E. Cady. There is a man in a horse and carriage in front of the house. The carriage has a sign on the side t...

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