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Beauty Class

Date: 1927
Description: A beauty culture class in session.
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Between Hebron and Bethlehem

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Description: A place of ancient culture between Hebron and Bethlehem.
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Health Resort Solarium

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Description: Formerly known as Jackson Health Resort, the sanatorium was re-established and named Physical Culture Hotel by Bernarr MacFadden in 1929. The view feature...
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Farmer and Beehives

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Description: An unidentified Wisconsin farmer surrounded by his beehives.
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Nonogakei Apiary

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Description: Men working, possibly breeding queen bees, in Nonogakei apiary in Okucho, Japan, Owari domain (present day Aichi prefecture).
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Wisconsin Thematic Panel 226-234

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Description: As a sporting proposition of gaiety infused with taxes
no modern culture could survive
without a touch of France
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Arthur C. Miller with Comb

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Description: Arthur C. Miller holding a slab of comb taken from the walls of a building.
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Beekeeper Smoking Hive

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Description: Beekeeper using a smoker on the top of an open hive without protective bee hat or gloves.
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Wisconsin Barbers Convention Committee

Date: 05 08 1952
Description: Members of the Wisconsin Barbers Local #153 and Barbers Guild #23 joint committee to plan the annual convention of the Wisconsin Barber and Beauty Culture ...
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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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German Bee Skep Apiary

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Description: Apiary of more than forty bee skeps stacked in rows in an open-fronted roofed structure. Caption reads: "Bienenstand der Firma HEINR. THIE, Wolfenbuttel."
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Apiary on Roof

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Description: Rooftop apiary, with two men sitting in the background. There are chimneys along the roofline on the right.
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Corn Planter on Display

Date: 06 17 1925
Description: Corn planter on display on a lawn. A sign on a building in the background reads: "Notice Private Property Keep Out."
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Bird's-Eye View

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Description: View down hill of town in a valley. There is open land, homes, barns and a bee farm.
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Beeswax Lincoln Monument

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Description: Miniature Lincoln Monument made out of beeswax at the Illinois State Fair. In the background are displays of frames of honeycomb, with ribbons hanging from...
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Farmall Drawn Planter No. 20

Date: 10 20 1927
Description: Right side, profile view of a Farmall Drawn Planter, No. 20, 632 lbs., parked indoors on factory floor. A backdrop is hanging from the ceiling.
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Wisconsin Beekeepers Association

Date: 1921
Description: Group portrait of the Wisconsin Beekeepers Association at the Wisconsin Markets Expo.
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Woman and Girls with Beehive Frames

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Description: Group portrait of a woman and five young girls and teenagers each holding a frame from a beehive, full of bees.
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Hives on Shed Roof in Flood

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Description: Hives on top of a shed in a flood. From Mr. J.D. Shields, Natchez, Mississippi. A part of his Louisiana apiary placed on a shed to prevent their being swep...
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Corn Planter on Display

Date: 06 17 1925
Description: Corn planter on display on a lawn outdoors. In the background, automobiles are parked along a street. There are brick buildings across the street in the ba...

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