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CUNA Office in Cottage Grove Coop

Date: 02 05 1941
Description: Claire Onsgard, treasurer of the Dane County Farmers Equity Union Coop Credit Union in Cottage Grove showing member Fritz Swenson where to sign his loan ap...
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Standard Oil Farm Meeting

Date: 08 04 1948
Description: View of speakers platform from the back of the room at a Standard Oil Co. farm meeting.
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Spitler Bros. Dairy

Date: 1937
Description: Two men are standing in a room with a cooler and milking equipment. Original caption identifies the equipment as "McCormick-Deering 6 Can Cooler and Mc[Cor...
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Building Farmer-Labor Solidarity

Date: 1947
Description: Booth sponsored by United Packinghouse Workers Union Local 46 at the Black Hawk County Fair. The booth included a special exhibit that illustrated how both...
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Woman with Poultry Housing Display

Date: 1915
Description: A woman holding a chicken is standing beside a display illustrating quality poultry housing (chicken coops).
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Filling Bottles with Maple Syrup

Date: 1971
Description: Milt Mehlberg filling bottles with finished maple syrup from his farm. Mehlberg is pouring syrup from a large sieve into a glass bottle. Several bottles an...
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We Saw You . . . Honoring Six Farmers

Date: 11 17 1958
Description: The Uptown Kiwanis Club honored six outstanding Dane County farmers at its recent recognition meeting during National Farm-City Week. Shown (left to right)...
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Farm Short Course Reunion

Date: 01 27 1960
Description: A reunion of farm leaders whose education came through the Short Course is held each year during Farm and Home Week. These leaders, left to right, are Geor...
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National Farmers Organization Meeting

Date: 09 26 1962
Description: Roland Waters, Elk Mound, NFO National Director, standing onstage while addressing an overflow crowd of farmers and their wives at the Oregon High School a...
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Milford Thompson, Republican Candidate for 16th District State Senate Seat

Date: 06 03 1964
Description: Milford Thompson, a rural Mt. Horeb farmer, a Republican candidate for the 15th district State Senate seat. He made the announcement at a meeting of the Da...
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Group of Farmers at Evening Lecture for Kerosene Tractors

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Description: View from the back of a classroom full of farmers attending an evening lecture. The man at the front of the classroom is standing next to a poster with the...
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Madison Area Young Farmers Honored at Madison Junior Chamber of Commerce Banquet

Date: 11 16 1965
Description: The Madison area's 1965 Outstanding Young Farmers are honored at the Madison Junior Chamber of Commerce banquet. Shown (L-R) are: Jerome Esser, Cross Plain...
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Cesar Chavez Speaking

Date: 1975
Description: Cesar Chavez speaking while standing in front of a United Farm Workers banner commemorating the unionization of workers at a flower nursery on October 22, ...
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Farmer Protest

Date: 01 28 1985
Description: Close-up of two men who are sitting in a group of men and holding a sign which reads: "Farmers Have to Survive for Rural America to Stay Alive." A sign on ...
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Oscar Mayer Stockyard Employees

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Description: Male stock yard farmers wearing overall bibs, hats, and buttons are standing and sitting around inside a large room. On the left, a man dressed in a button...
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Oscar Mayer Farmers

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Description: Stockyard farmers are standing and sitting in front of a window booth, with a man sitting inside. Each man is holding a slip of paper. A sign next to the w...
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Oscar Mayer Stockyard Employees

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Description: Male stock yard farmers wearing overall bibs, hats, and buttons are standing and sitting around inside a large room. On the left, a man dressed in a button...
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Oscar Mayer Farmers

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Description: Stockyard farmers are standing and sitting in front of a window booth, with a man sitting inside. Each man is holding a slip of paper. A sign next to the w...

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