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Alexander Lake's Nursery

Date: 1896
Description: A boy and a man are holding up small white pine trees, while workers are planting them at Alexander Lake's nursery. In the background are horses and wagons...
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Forest Nursery

Date: 1951
Description: Aerial view of the Nekoosa-Edwards Paper Company nursery.
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Moguah Unit Planting Crew

Date: 1930
Description: Moguah Unit Planting Crew at work.
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Nicolet National Forest

Date: 01 01 1934
Description: Man in uniform leaning up against the base of a large tree.
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Valley with Grain Field

Date: 07 12 1964
Description: Elevated view of valley with strip-planted grain field.
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"No More Crooked Rows"

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Description: Inside spread of 4-page advertising brochure for Fuller & Johnson Mfg. Co. Limited with a chromolithograph of a Bonanza Forge Drop planter, "The only perfe...
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McKay Nursery Field

Date: 05 07 1937
Description: McKay Nursery field with men planting, and horse teams pulling cultivators.
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Display Booth at the Fair

Date: 08 29 1926
Description: L.L. Olds Seed Company display booth of flowers and seeds at Wisconsin State Fair.
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Seed Corn Experiment

Date: 1926
Description: Field of seed corn experiment.
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Comparative Infection of "Yellows" in Alfalfa

Date: 1926
Description: Comparative infection of "yellows" in a field of alfalfa and sweet clover.
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Belle Case La Follette Working in the Garden

Date: 1907
Description: Belle Case La Follette hoeing the garden at Maple Bluff Farm in early spring. Two of her children are working with her, apparently planting seeds, and one ...
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Lewis Flisram, Madison Parks Caretaker

Date: 07 05 1945
Description: Lewis Flisram, age 79, started working for the Madison Parks Commission in 1897. He worked there until 1911. He left to work for his mother for a period of...
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University of Wisconsin-Madison Greenhouse

Date: 01 08 1947
Description: Man with plants in a University of Wisconsin-Madison greenhouse.
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Vilas Park Island Tree Planting

Date: 05 13 1950
Description: More than 150 Madison high school pupils recruited through the Madison Youth Council helped plant trees and shrubs on the Vilas Park island.
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Vilas Park Island Clean Up Campaign

Date: 05 13 1950
Description: Three teenage girls are carrying shovels on their shoulders while crossing a wooden foot bridge. More than 150 Madison high school pupils recruited throug...
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Sloping Farmland

Date: 05 17 1966
Description: View uphill towards a farmer planting crops on a treeless slope which rises just beyond him, with a cloudy sky above. Various grasses are growing in the fo...
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Farmer Filling Seed Planting Trough

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Description: A farmer pours seeds from a canvas bag into the trough of a seed planting machine. A farmhouse, white picket fence, and picnic table with chairs are visibl...
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Planting Pine Tree Seedlings

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Description: Four men prepare pine tree seedlings for planting in an open field. One man drives a small tractor, while two men stand behind. Another man sits on a tree ...
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Planting Norway Pine Seedlings

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Description: Floyd Everett drives a tractor as Franklin Kempf plants Norway Pine seedlings using a tree planting trailer hitched to the back of the tractor.
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Man in Sunflower Field with Sign

Date: 1932
Description: Man wearing a hat, standing in a sunflower field next to a sign that reads “Date of Planting Sunflower, Date Planted, ___ __ ___, May 21 – 21910 LBS, May 2...

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