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County Agent Demonstrating Methods of Judging Swine

Date: 1928
Description: Sitting on pig pen fence, a county agent is demonstrating methods of judging swine to a local Boys & Girls club youth.
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4-H Tractor Queen Serenaded on a Farmall Cub Tractor

Date: 1950
Description: 4-H Tractor Queen receiving a cake on a Farmall Cub tractor while other 4-H members serenade her.
Book or Pamphlet

Excelsior Harvesting Machinery Catalog

Date: 1890
Description: Cover of an advertising catalog for Excelsior harvesting machinery manufactured by Hoover and Gamble. Features a color illustration of a boy and girl in a ...
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80th Anniversary Founding of Swiss Colony

Date: 08 16 1925
Description: A chorus of men singing on stage with a crowd watching. A group of officials seated on the right. Rolling farmland in the background.
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"Harvey Harvester" at Minnesota State Fair

Date: 1941
Description: Slightly elevated view of men and boys standing at the entrance to a building with "Harvey Harvester." Sign above entrance to the building reads: "_Cormick...
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Group of Men and Boys Harvesting Seed Corn

Date: 10 04 1916
Description: Superintendent K.C. James, Club Leader Walter Cowan, and County Agent, R.A. Chitty, checking upon the ears selected by the boys.
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Purchasing Wagons

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Description: Military supply administration purchasing civilian wagons at the Tempelhof field. The accepted wagons are being stamped for identification.
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Boys Working in Garden

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Description: Three boys are working in a garden at Tilton School. Hand-tinted lantern slide.
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School Green House

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Description: Five young men standing among boxes of plants near a school greenhouse. Hand-tinted lantern slide.
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Young Man with Geese in Farmyard

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Description: A young man wearing a shirt, tie and knickers is standing in a farmyard with a flock of geese near farm buildings and a windmill. A sign on a farm building...
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Two Boys and a Girl Sifting Fruit or Vegetables

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Description: Two boys and a girl are standing at bins set up in a field. They are sorting fruit or vegetables. A sign on the ground in the front reads: "Cook County Sch...
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Strawberries and First Long Trousers

Date: 06 15 1918
Description: Donald Holt, who is 16 years old, is wearing his first long trousers, marking the transition from boyhood to manhood. He is taking a strawberry that Mrs. W...
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Flood at Dates Mill

Date: 1910
Description: Water from French Creek covers the surface of a bridge at Dates Mill near the Marquette-Columbia County line as water rushes down a lane in the pasture in ...
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Barn Dance

Date: 05 1969
Description: A crowd of various ages square dancing at a Barn Dance, Three women in the foreground are sitting on hay bales and talking.

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