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Swarm of Bees on Man's Back

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Description: View from behind of a man with a small swarm of bees attached to the back of his sweater. He is standing at the back of an outdoor beekeeping class. About ...
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Swarm of Bees on Man's Back

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Description: Close-up of a small swarm of bees on a man's back. He is wearing a white sweater, and a bee hat with veil. He is among a group of people, facing away from ...
Photograph

Mrs. J.N. Heater and Honey Display

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Description: Honey display by the Eureka Apiary. A sign in front of the display on the table says "Hands Off." Mrs. J.N. Heater stands on the left. In the foreground ce...
Photograph

Preparing a Seed Bed

Date: 1925
Description: An Ojibwe man is standing and holding the reins of his team of two horses hitched to a harrow. Two boys are standing behind him. In the background are leaf...
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Charles Decorah

Date: 1925
Description: Charles Decorah, a Ho-Chunk Indian, broadcasting seeds oats over a tilled field. He is wearing bib overalls and a cap. There is a dog in the foreground on...
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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 ...
Print

National Bee-Keepers Association/N.E. France Letterhead

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Description: Letterhead of N.E. France of Platteville, Wisconsin, the general manager and treasurer of the National Bee-Keepers Association, in the form of a label for...
Manuscript

Better Homes and Gardens Club Record Book: Sprouters

Date: 1939
Description: Page from the Garden Club record book kept by Neighborhood House, with children raking, spading, and posing alongside a yard with newly planted seeds (Neig...
Postcard

"Buckwheat Cakes and Honey" Music Postcard

Date: 1907
Description: Music and lyrics to "Buckwheat Cakes and Honey." Portraits of Eugene Secor and George W. Work are at left and right at the top. In the center is an illustr...
Photograph

Truck with Collapsed Beehives

Date: 06 07 1966
Description: View from road of a truck pulled off to the side of the road. The back of the truck is collapsed, containing beehives spilling onto the ground. "E.R. Raley...
Photograph

Spirit Rock

Date: 1930
Description: View of a sign identifying the Spirit Rock, which is a large boulder surrounded by sturdy protective posts. There are tree stumps in the foreground and a w...
Photograph

Rountree House

Date: 1948
Description: The John H. Rountree House, built in 1854. According to "The History of Wisconsin" (Vol. I, 1973), "The rise of the settlement at Platte Mounds was indisso...
Photograph

Apiary of F.H. Stacey

Date: 1916
Description: Backyard apiary consisting of a large group of numbered beehives on a platform in front of a house. Behind them is a man standing wearing a vest and hat. W...
Photograph

Apiary of Elias Fox

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Description: Backyard apiary of Elias Fox. Chickens are in the yard among the numbered beehives. Fox and family are posing standing in the background in front of a fenc...
Photograph

Trout Lake Nursery, First Furrow

Date: 05 1911
Description: View across field towards a number of men working to clear a field. There is a team of horses pulling a plow to create a furrow, with a pine forest in the ...
Photograph

Indian School in Tomah, Wisconsin

Date: 1900
Description: Exterior view of the Indian School.
Manuscript

Neighborhood House Orioles Club Scrapbook: Orioles with Their Dolls

Date: 1940
Description: Group portrait of the Orioles, members of a club for ten-year-old girls at Neighborhood House. A former worker at the settlement house then working in a ho...
Photograph

Honey Bee Display

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Description: Display of bees in a large observation hive. The frames are behind glass or plastic. A man in white shirt, black pants and a plaid hat stands to the right,...
Drawing

Queen Finding Machine Cartoon

Date: 05 1964
Description: Black and white cartoon depicting two men in an apiary. One man is standing over a beehive with ridiculous electrical equipment strapped to his chest and h...
Photograph

Apiary of J.E. Cady

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Description: View across field of the house and apiary of J.E. Cady. There is a man in a horse and carriage in front of the house. The carriage has a sign on the side t...

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