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Farmer's Market

Date: 1917
Description: Exterior view of the Municipal Market, which was built in 1910 but not operated successfully until July 1917 when it was run by a group of women from the D...
Photograph

Turkey-drawn Wagon

Date: 1910
Description: A boy is driving two turkeys yoked together that are pulling his small wagon loaded with vegetables. Painted on the side of the wagon: "Birdsell, South Ben...
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Produce Market

Date: 1935
Description: Downtown outdoor market place.
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Farmall B Tractor Hauling Produce

Date: 1946
Description: Man pulling a trailer with a Farmall B tractor on the farm of C.H. Meyerling. The trailer is loaded with tomatoes. A young man is standing next to another ...
Postcard

Tall-tale Postcard: Sugar Beets

Date: 10 30 1909
Description: A man on a large horse-drawn cart hauls a group of giant sugar beets. The two horses are stepping onto a dirt road. An inscription in the upper left corner...
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"A Load of Montana Spuds"

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Description: A view of a man driving a horse-drawn wagon which is loaded with giant, six-foot-high potatoes, probably to be used as a tall-tale postcard. Caption reads:...
Photograph

Man with Farm Produce

Date: 1921
Description: A bearded man wearing a cap holds a gourd while standing next to a horse-drawn wagon under a pergola. The wagon is laden with gourds, kale, burlap bags ful...
Photograph

Outdoor Produce Market

Date: 1921
Description: A man and two boys are standing behind an outdoor counter while selling farm produce to female customers. A horse-drawn wagon is parked behind them.
Photograph

Outdoor Produce Market

Date: 1921
Description: Various types of vegetables are arranged along a counter in an outdoor marketplace. A female customer purchases a bag of farm produce from a male vendor; a...
Photograph

Man with Farm Produce

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Description: A man, probably a farm vendor, standing next to a horse-drawn wagon loaded with farm produce at what appears to be an outdoor marketplace. The man is wear...
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Truck of Potatoes at Frito-Lay Potato Corporation

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Description: William Burchart and Herman Novak unload potatoes from a truck at Frito-Lay Potato Corporation. The potatoes are being dumped from the back of the truck in...
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Waiting to Load Sacks on Train

Date: 09 1902
Description: Farmers with wagon loads of sacks of potatoes(?), probably waiting to load them on a train.
Historical Object

Wisconsin Thematic Panel 85-90

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Description: 200 years this tree grew here and so did I
We were raised here and brought up young ones
Photograph

Municipal Market

Date: 1918
Description: Farm produce for sale from farm trucks at the Municipal Market on the Capitol Square. The Municipal market was established by a committee of women in July,...
Photograph

Lima Beans for Dinner

Date: 08 1905
Description: Children are shelling lima beans on the porch at Island Lodge. Names from left to right on the porch: Jeannette Holt, Eleanor Holt, Donald Holt, and Harrie...
Postcard

Waterloo Canning Association

Date: 1940
Description: Text on front reads: "Canning Co. Assn. Waterloo, Wis." Buildings, wagons and automobiles surround a canning factory. Founded in 1900, it was later purchas...

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