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Tollef Gjermundsen Farmstead

Date: 1874
Description: View down hill towards two men in the foreground standing on top of a stone fence looking out onto fields where two or three men are working with two wagon...
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Indians Thresh Wheat

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Description: Indians thresh the first wheat at the Sac and Fox Agency in Iowa.
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Stoddard Harvesting Wild Rice

Date: 1941
Description: Joe Stoddard of the Chippewa tribe harvesting wild rice on the Bad River Indian Reservation.
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Cutting Down a Manila Plant

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Description: A Phillippine Islands boy is using a sharp tool to cut down a manila plant, while another young boy is supporting it.
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Sisal Leaves

Date: 01 22 1910
Description: Several workers standing in a field in Yucatan, Mexico, cutting sisal leaves. The sisal was used by International Harvester to make binder twine.
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Gathering Cranberries

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Description: Men and women in a bog picking cranberries.
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Group Picking Cranberries

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Description: A group of men and women pick cranberries in a bog.
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Harvesting Reed Canary Grass

Date: 1934
Description: Man wearing a hat and standing in shoulder-high field of Reed Canary Grass. A swatch of grass in the foreground has been cut.
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Seven Ho-Chunk Men in Field

Date: 1920
Description: Outdoor group portrait of seven Ho-Chunk men standing outdoors in a cranberry bog, They are holding the hand scoops used to harvest cranberries. The long n...
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Cornfield

Date: 1906
Description: Large pile of corn shocks stand in a field identified as the place where Wallace Renan was buried. Farm buildings are visible in the distance.
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Cornfield

Date: 1925
Description: Corn shocks stand in a field with several pumpkins on the ground. There is a stream or river along the field, and in the background is a bridge over a dam...
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Harvesting Grapes

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Description: A view of a woman harvesting grapes and putting them in small, wooden baskets.
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Harvesting of Grapes

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Description: A view of men and women harvesting grapes in a field.
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Removing Layers from Manila Plant

Date: 1910
Description: A boy removing layers from a manila plant in the Philippine Islands. Another boy is carrying parts of the stripped plant over his right shoulder.
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Muddy Pathway on Farmland

Date: 1911
Description: View of open gate and a muddy path through farmland along a fence. Corn shocks are in the field on the left.
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McCormick Binder

Date: 1900
Description: Side view of a man driving a team of horses to pull a McCormick grain binder through a field. In the far background are several large buildings.
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Raspberry Pickers

Date: 11 03 1953
Description: Myra Swingle and her two-year-old son, Lanny, picking raspberries together at their home at 2637 Hoard Street.
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Cranberry Harvest

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Description: Men working in field during Wisconsin cranberry harvest. Crates are stacked up throughout the field.
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Wild Cranberry Harvest

Date: 09 14 1910
Description: William Meuer and friends identified as "the Hansens" picking cranberries on Mason Lake.
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Cranberry Harvest Party

Date: 1885
Description: Large group of cranberry harvesters posing with implements. Many of the individuals are wearing boutonnières and corsages made from cranberry sprigs. Many ...

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