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Harvesting Cranberries

Date: 1950
Description: A group of cranberry harvesters at work.
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Burned Cedar Stumps

Date: 05 26 1963
Description: Burned cedar stumps in a swamp with a farm in the distance.
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College of Agriculture Farm

Date: 1900
Description: Wetland, grassy pasture, ring fence are part of the College of Agriculture Farm on the University of Wisconsin Madison campus.
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Experimental 8-16(?) Tractor

Date: 1916
Description: Man pulling wagons through water with an experimental 8-16(?) tractor with six wheels.
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Cranberry Warehouse

Date: 09 1934
Description: View of a cranberry marsh and warehouse. In the foreground is a warehouse for the storage of harvested cranberries.
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Ho-Chunk Lodges

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Description: Ho-Chunk lodges among trees. Probably a Ho-Chunk encampment at the cranberry marsh.
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Ho-Chunk Child, Dog, and Winter Lodges

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Description: Ho-Chunk winter lodges among trees, probably a Ho-Chunk encampment at the cranberry marsh. There are large, cut logs in between two lodges. A small Ho-Chun...
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Men on Gang Plow in Horicon Marsh

Date: 09 08 1914
Description: Five men in hats and jackets, some holding the levers on a gang plow pulled by a Rumley tractor, pose for a group portrait. One man in work clothes stands ...
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Draining Horicon Marsh

Date: 1914
Description: View of a drainage ditch in Horicon Marsh. A man is on a path along the left of the ditch.
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Men in Plowed Horicon Marsh

Date: 1914
Description: Group of well-dressed men standing in front of a plowed segment of Horicon Marsh.
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Plowing on Horicon Marsh

Date: 10 1914
Description: View of furrowed ground in Horicon Marsh and men on a tractor in the process of plowing a drained portion of the marsh.
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Reclaiming Swamp Land

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Description: Stereograph showing workers digging a ditch with a tractor and laying drain tile.
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View of the Theresa Marsh

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Description: Elevated view of the marsh and silos under a thick fog.
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Cranberry Blossoms

Date: 06 1939
Description: Cranberry plants in bloom at Cranmoor marsh.
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Cranberry Marsh

Date: 1938
Description: Dusting a cranberry marsh to combat blunt-nosed leaf-hoppers, Cranberry Lake Development Co.
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Winnebago (Ho-Chunk) Indians Picking Cranberries

Date: 1913
Description: Panoramic slightly elevated view of Winnebago (Ho-Chunk) Indians harvesting cranberries by hand at Gebhart's Marsh.
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Reclaimed Marsh Land on a University of Wisconsin Farm

Date: 06 30 1895
Description: A man is standing in the right foreground near a tall plant, perhaps corn. In the center is a square-shaped pond with high banks. A man is in the backgroun...
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Landscape with Hills and Mound Near Lake

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Description: Elevated view from a hill of a lake or river surrounded by fields and hills. The water is either marshy, or has been flooded, as trees and plants are growi...
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Dodge County Farm

Date: 1935
Description: Elevated view from hill of chickens ranging near their coop behind a farmhouse and outbuildings on a tidy farm. There is a large barn on the right with two...
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Harvesting Wild Rice

Date: 09 02 1966
Description: The caption on the reverse of this print explains: "Indians harvesting wild rice. Man poles rice boat while wife uses cedar ricing sticks and strips grain ...

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