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Man Standing in Clover

Date: 07 06 1940
Description: A man standing in field of high clover.
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Cutting Grain

Date: 08 02 1926
Description: Harvesting grain with horse-drawn machinery at Farm Colony, Wisconsin State Hospital for Insane (Mendota Mental Health Institute), Highway 113.
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Harvesting Tobacco Leaves

Date: 1939
Description: Field workers gathering and spearing cut tobacco leaves.
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Sjur Starkson Reque Home

Date: 1874
Description: The Sjur Starkson Reque home. From left to right, seated, are Martha Reque, Mari Reque Lee, Brita Reque Quale, Nels Lee and Ole Quale. Standing are Anna Ma...
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Women Processing Hemp Fibers

Date: 10 06 1944
Description: Two women processing hemp fibers at the DeForest hemp mill during World War II.
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Plucking Turkeys

Date: 11 1947
Description: Two girls, holding turkey feathers, are watching the production line at Frank Lyons Turkey Farm, Verona, where two women workers are plucking turkeys.
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Workers at Lyons Turkey Farm

Date: 11 1947
Description: Female workers on the production line at Lyons Turkey Farm, Verona, plucking turkeys.
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University of Wisconsin-Madison Protest in Support of Grape Boycott

Date: 1969
Description: Protest on the Library Mall at the University of Wisconsin-Madison in support of the grape boycott. A woman stands on the sidewalk speaking at a microphone...
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Migrant Worker Employment

Date: 09 17 1954
Description: A.T. Rose (left), director of the Wisconsin State Employment Service, conferring with Don Larin, farm placement chief of the United States Employment Servi...

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