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Fourteen Foot Tomato Plant

Date: 09 27 1936
Description: Mr. Liebenberg standing on a ladder measuring a 14 foot tomato plant growing in his garden. Mrs. Liebenberg is standing beside the plant.
Drawing

Reformers Poster

Date: 1873
Description: Poster entitled "Reformers Of 1873" with depictions of Governor William R. Taylor, Lt. Governor Charles D. Parker, Secretary Peter Doyle, Treasurer Ferdina...
Photograph

Cooking Class Preparing a Turkey for Baking

Date: 11 19 1952
Description: Mrs. K. Moldaye mincing an onion for turkey dressing, with another woman looking on, at a Vocational School cooking class.
Postcard

Tall-tale Postcard: Onion Mound

Date: 1909
Description: Photomontage of several farmers working to lift a giant onion onto the flatbed horse-drawn cart. Beside them is a giant mound of onions with a ladder leani...
Photograph

Tall-tale Postcard: Cutting Corn

Date: 1913
Description: Photomontage of two men with a logging crosscut saw cutting a giant ear of corn. A mound of giant corn stands beside them. There is a barn in the backgroun...
Photograph

Tall-tale Postcard: Slicing Tomatoes

Date: 1913
Description: Photomontage of a boy using a saw to cut into a giant tomato. A man stands beside the boy, watching. A group of giant tomatoes cover the foreground. The wo...
Photograph

Tall-tale Postcard: Green Corn

Date: 1913
Description: Photomontage of a man and a boy pulling the husks off of giant ears of corn. The corn fills the foreground, creeping into the house in the background. Th...
Photograph

Tall-tale Postcard: Beating the Coal Trust

Date: 1912
Description: Photomontage of a man sawing a giant ear of corn as though it was a log. Beside him an ax is wedged in a stump-like piece of corn. A mound of giant ears ...
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Chef Carson Gulley

Date: 1945
Description: Chef Carson Gulley, University of Wisconsin-Madison residence hall chef, chopping vegetables.
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Cutting String Beans

Date: 1943
Description: Elevated view of a woman cutting string beans at a kitchen counter. A pot on a stovetop and a sink are in the background.
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Large Tomato Plant

Date: 08 30 1949
Description: Earl L. Vanderhoef Sr., 312 N. Blair Street, standing on the ground near a ladder and showing his tomato plant, which grew to a height of 14 feet. He was c...
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Children Working in School Garden

Date: 1913
Description: Group of children in a large school garden working on their crops.
Photograph

Woman and Young Girl Canning Beans

Date: 1926
Description: Woman and young girl working in a kitchen canning beans. The girl is standing at the sink running a faucet while the woman is seated at a table using a bea...
Photograph

Woman Cutting Green Beans

Date: 1926
Description: Woman in a kitchen using a Burpee bean cutter to slice green beans before canning. The photograph was taken at Harvester Farm.
Photograph

Woman and Man Canning Beans

Date: 07 1926
Description: A woman and a man in a kitchen canning beans. The woman is scooping beans from a large pot with a ladle into cans, while the man uses a tabletop hand crank...
Photograph

Children Gardening

Date: 1920
Description: Boys and girls working to plant and tend to a garden surrounded by buildings and fences in what appears to be an urban area. The location is likely a schoo...
Photograph

Children Gardening

Date: 1920
Description: Children working in garden. One child is pulling beets, while another child is digging up potatoes with a hoe. Another child is sitting in a wheelbarrow lo...
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Group Working in Garden

Date: 1920
Description: Children and two women, possibly a school group, work with hand tools in an urban garden. An elevated railroad is in the background, along with the Acme St...
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Company School

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Description: Interior of a company school operated by Gainesville Cotton Mills. Girls in the room work over large tubs and crates with cans and canning equipment. Boxe...
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Woman Peeling Potaoes

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Description: A seated woman peeling potatoes. Two buckets are on the floor in front of her and she is wearing a striped apron.

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