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Harvesting Cranberries

Date: 1900
Description: Two Ho-Chunk men wearing beaded shirts are gathering cranberries (hoocake) alongside a Ho-Chunk woman and a white man and woman. A large group of cranberry...
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Railroad Crew with Handcar

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Description: Railroad workers posing with a handcar on railroad tracks.
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Men Using Tractor and Threshing Machine

Date: 1897
Description: Large group portrait of men and young boys operating a steam tractor that is being used for belt-driven threshing machinery in a field. In the foreground a...
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Man with Plow Driving Team

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Description: A man stands with a team of horses ready to plow a field.
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Man Cultivating Field

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Description: A man uses a hand cultivator in a field of what could possibly be onions.
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Blowing Grain Into Barn

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Description: A blower is attached to a steam tractor by a belt and blows grain into a barn. A man stands by the tractor while others stand on the blower near the barn.
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Men Working With Tractor and Threshing Machinery

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Description: A crew of men inspect a tractor next to a barn, while other men work with a threshing machine in the background.
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Lunch Break

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Description: A group of men stand eating and drinking. A little girl also stands with the men while they are on their break from threshing.
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Men and Horse Teams Working in a Field

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Description: Teams of men and horses work in a field. Two smokestacks and additional agricultural machinery are visible in the background.
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Framework of a Barn

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Description: Four men work on the framework of a barn.
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Farmer and Steam Tractor

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Description: A farmer leans on a steam tractor in a field.
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Two Men and Steam Tractor

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Description: Two men sit atop a steam tractor that is pulling logs.
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Farmer Displaying Two Horses

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Description: A farmer displays two horses in a farmyard.
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Farmers with Team of Horses

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Description: A farmer drives a team of three horses hitched to a manure spreader. Another man stands next to the team, holding an additional horse by its reins.
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Boy with Dog in Farmyard

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Description: A young boy calls a dog in a farmyard with cattle in the background. A shadow is cast next to the boy, possibly Van Schaick's.
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Farmer and Small Boy

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Description: A farmer and a small boy, possibly a son, stand outdoors holding hands.
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Man on Swing

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Description: A man, possbly Andrew Larson (?) of Hoffman Creek, sits on a tree swing. The shadow of the photographer is visible on the grass.
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Portrait of Four Workmen

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Description: Four workmen, two sitting and two standing, pose for a studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop. They are all wearing hats, and there is a wood rusti...
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Young Woman in Clearing

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Description: A portrait of a young woman wearing a hat and dress, and holding a bouquet of flowers, standing in a clearing. In the background is the darkroom horse-draw...
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Ho-Chunk and European-American Group in a Field

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Description: Several Ho-Chunk and European American men, women, and children standing and kneeling in a field. Probably picking cranberries at Gebhardt's nursery. A lar...

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