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Men Harvesting Hemp with Farmall H Tractor

Date: 1943
Description: Elevated view of two men harvesting hemp using a McCormick Farmall H tractor and hemp binder No.2. In the background are houses among trees.
Photograph

Beauty Queen Harvesting Cranberries

Date: 1947
Description: A young woman dressed in a bathing suit and wading boots poses for a promotional photograph for the Wisconsin cranberry industry at Thunder Lake Marsh. Tw...
Book or Pamphlet

Champion Machine Company Catalog

Date: 1869
Description: Cover of an advertising brochure for Champion reaping and mowing machines manufactured by the Champion Machine Company. The cover features a color illustra...
Photograph

Bee Inspector

Date: 1934
Description: The state bee inspector (probably the man on the left), and a Dane County farmer.
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Crew of Men with Husker and Shredder

Date: 1915
Description: A crew of men standing with a wagon and a husker-shredder near a barn. A sixth man in a dark coat and hat is standing under the ladder leaning against the ...
Photograph

Cleaning a Poultry House

Date: 03 1929
Description: A man wearing rubber boots using a broom and lye solution to scrub the floor of a poultry house at Holden Farm.
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Man Standing with Corn Shocks

Date: 1915
Description: Farmer standing outdoors among corn shocks. He is holding a small dog in his arms, and is wearing work gloves and a hat.
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Farmer Picking Corn by Hand

Date: 1911
Description: A farmer wearing a straw hat and smoking a pipe examining or picking corn. Behind him is a team of horses pulling a wagon.
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Farm Hazard

Date: 10 1926
Description: A man wearing overalls and work gloves is reaching through a moving tractor belt on Yeoman Farm to demonstrate a farm hazard. A barn is in the background.
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Men Putting Up Fence

Date: 1927
Description: Two men stretching wire while putting up a barbed wire fence on the Frank Laramore farm.
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Transporting Beehives at Henry's Honey Farm

Date: 
Description: Side view of a truck and flatbed trailer transporting beehives at Henry's Honey Farm. The truck is parked on a road among an open fields lined by trees. Th...
Photograph

Cranberry Growers

Date: 10 1984
Description: Tim Finch and Kay Finch of the Perry Creek Cranberry Company. In the background men work in the cranberry marsh to harvest the berries.
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Horse-Drawn Corn Binder in Field

Date: 1900
Description: Left side view of a man using a horse-drawn corn binder in a field. Another man wearing a hat, vest and sleeve protectors is running alongside the binder.
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Man Using Horse-Drawn Corn Binder in Field

Date: 1900
Description: Left side view across rows of harvested corn towards a man using a horse-drawn corn binder in a field. A man wearing a hat, vest, sleeve protectors and a n...
Photograph

Two Men with Farmall Tractor

Date: 07 24 1929
Description: A man wearing gloves is sitting in a bean field on a Farmall tractor. He is talking to a man standing nearby who is holding a pipe in his left hand. There ...
Photograph

Super C — C-254 Cultivator

Date: 1950
Description: Subject: "Super C — C-254 Cultivator." Where Taken: "MidW." Information with photograph reads: "Attaching C-254 two-row cultivator to Farmall Super C tract...

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