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Moguah Unit Planting Crew

Date: 1930
Description: Moguah Unit Planting Crew at work.
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Farmer and Beehives

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Description: An unidentified Wisconsin farmer surrounded by his beehives.
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Man with Honeycombs

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Description: A mean, wearing a fedora and overalls, standing above a pile of honeycombs, presumably to collect honey.
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Dr Charles C. Miller Near Hives

Date: 1915
Description: Dr. Charles C. Miller standing among his beehives.
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Man and Woman Showing Bees

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Description: A man and woman hold up slates of honey comb covered in bees.
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Dr. Charles C. Miller Transferring Bees

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Description: Dr. Charles C. Miller transferring bees from stump to wire container.
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Bee Farmer in Field

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Description: A cyanotype postcard of a bee farmer working in his field.
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Disking

Date: 1917
Description: Stuart Fargo sitting on a disk pulled by a team of four horses on the F.B. Fargo farm.
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L.E. Mercer with Honey-Producing Equipment

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Description: L.E. Mercer, of Lenox Iowa, posed with honey-producing equipment. Mercer is wearing a full suit, bow tie, and hat.
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Beekeepers and Hives

Date: 1919
Description: Hand-colored photographic print. Two beekeepers, one standing, one crouching near hives in an apiary. "Herman Roebel's Apiary 1919" written on back of prin...
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Beekeepers Standing in Apiary

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Description: A man and a boy pose standing in apiary surrounded by beehives. The man is holding a smoker.
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Man Holding Frame Near Hives

Date: 1937
Description: A young man wearing a veiled hat stands next to hives while holding up a frame with bees on it. He holds a hive tool in his right hand.
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Sowing Sesame Seed

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Description: Two men are standing near an ox, which is dragging a wooden implement. One man is holding a woven basket and casting seeds. Caption reads: "Sewing [sic] se...
Postcard

Man and Boy near Bee Box

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Description: An artists rendition of a man showing a boy bees in a beehive. Caption reads: "'There, sonny! See the yellow pollen on their legs? They are carrying bee-br...
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Beekeeping Class

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Description: Beekeeping class in progress. All participants are wearing protective bee veils and hats, and some are wearing gloves. A crate or hive box in the backgroun...
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Beekeeper Holding Frame of Foundation

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Description: Unknown beekeeper holding up a frame full of bees. He is wearing overalls and a hat and is smoking a cigarette. There is another hive in the background.
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Planting Corn

Date: 1925
Description: An unidentified Native American man posing while sitting on a corn planter pulled by a team of horses.
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Apiary Tent Display

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Description: Three men and a boy standing outside a tent with a sign reading "Apiary." Beekeeping supplies, including hives and frames are displayed inside and outside ...
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Drilling Wheat

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Description: Elevated view of two men using agricultural machinery to drill (plant) wheat. "Superior" sign is on the machinery. A boy and a dog stand nearby. A horse an...
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Illustration of Anton Jansha, People, and Hives

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Description: Illustration from an unknown book. At the top is a portrait of beekeeper Anton Jansha (1734-1773) and German text in a cartouche below his name. The bottom...

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