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Michael Baltus Family in Front of New Home

Date: 1895
Description: Michael Baltus family posing in front of their log cabin two miles east of Auburndale Station, Wood County, with a new frame house under construction nearb...
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Peter Lagacy Family

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Description: The family of French-Canadian immigrant Peter Lagacy, posing with produce, including a large cabbage, potatoes, and carrots, in front of their log farm hom...
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Italian Woman Preparing Sarsa

Date: 1941
Description: Loretta Falci (Lorenzina Fiocco Falci), an Italian woman, preparing sarsa, tomato paste on boards on the porch of her home, 622 Milton Street, as she holds...
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Young Boy Picking Beans in Garden

Date: 1929
Description: Young boy, Edward Hall, picking beans in his "early" garden.
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Girl at Vegetable Stand

Date: 1917
Description: Girl selling vegetables to a customer at vegetable stand along Milwaukee pike. Original caption reads: "The little girl in charge sold over $800 worth of v...
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Gardener and Sons Posing with Delivery Truck

Date: 1917
Description: Gardener Edward Schuetz and four sons posing with his delivery truck loaded with vegetables for market. The truck is not an International model.
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Deering Works Garden

Date: 1917
Description: Two women and a young girl gathering vegetables in the Deering Works vegetable garden. Original caption reads: "This garden furnished a bountiful supply of...
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Children in Garden

Date: 1919
Description: Two young girls holding up plants from a vegetable garden. Houses are in the background.
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Woman and Girls in McCormick Works' Garden

Date: 07 1932
Description: Mother and her two daughters posing near a version of International Harvester's logo at the McCormick Works community garden. The garden was one of several...
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Farmer and Son on F-12 Tractor

Date: 10 27 1936
Description: Farmer Sam Tanaka posing with his son on a Farmall F-12 tractor in a cauliflower field.
Postcard

Tall-tale Postcard: One of the Squash

Date: 1910
Description: Three smiling children wearing white clothing are sitting atop a gigantic, dark squash. Text in top left corner reads: "Beaver Dam, Wis." Fence lines back ...
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Tall-tale Postcard: Shooting the Shoots (without Carrots)

Date: 1913
Description: Photographic mock-up for an Alfred Stanley Johnson photomontage postcard entitled "Shooting the Shoots." A small girl is sliding down a wooden plank, whic...
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Tall-tale Postcard: Shooting the Shoots (with Carrots)

Date: 1913
Description: Photomontage of children playing on giant carrots. Two girls are sliding down a giant carrot while a third is climbing up the steps to get to the top of th...
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Tall-tale Postcard: Boy Scouts

Date: 1912
Description: Photomontage of a group of five boy scouts around a cooking fire. The scouts watch as a giant potato, suspended over the fire, slowly roasts. They are wear...
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Open-Air Vegetable Market

Date: 1948
Description: Two girls selecting vegetables at an open air market.
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Madison Community Chest Gardening

Date: 06 21 1949
Description: Madison Community Chest sponsored Farley tract community garden. Mrs. Rex L. Liebenberg is picking peas with her children, Lelia (14) and Don (17).
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Madison Community Chest Gardening

Date: 06 21 1949
Description: Madison Community Chest sponsored Farley tract community garden. Mr. and Mrs. Raymond C. Thompson are having a picnic with their children, Charles (11) and...
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Madison Community Chest Gardening

Date: 06 21 1949
Description: Madison Community Chest sponsored Farley tract community garden. Robert Thompson, age 6, is standing and holding a container full of harvested peas.
Poster

Victory Gardens ..More for Them ..More for You

Date: 1944
Description: War Food Administration Design No. 5, "Victory Garden." The poster features a soldier with an arm around a destitute child on the left in muted colors, and...
Poster

Victory Gardens ..More for Them ..More for You

Date: 1943
Description: Office of Civilian Defense Design No. 4, "Victory Gardens." The poster features a soldier with an arm around a destitute child on the left and a happy youn...

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