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| Date: | 1915 |
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| Description: | Man pulls grain drills through a field with a Mogul 8-16 tractor. |
Fun to read and packed with information, Place Names of Wisconsin is a must-have for anyone interested in Wisconsin and Midwest history, language, geography, and culture—or anyone who simply wonders “why did they name it that?”
Fun to read and packed with information, Place Names of Wisconsin is a must-have for anyone interested in Wisconsin and Midwest history, language, geography, and culture—or anyone who simply wonders “why did they name it that?”
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| Description: | View down hill of a large apiary in an open area among bushes, grass, and trees. Caption reads "Apiary of Kiryath-Anarim near Jerusalem, hills of Judea." |
| Date: | 06 01 1985 |
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| Description: | William Meyer, owner of the Kickapoo Orchard at Gays Mills, adds pollen to beehives to help in pollination. |
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| Description: | Illustrations of skep hive design. Writing on back of photograph: "Skep hive used by Schiroch 1770. Made of straw usually kept in bee houses during the win... |
| Date: | 1926 |
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| Description: | Entries in the Lewis Baking Contest. Seven tables full of plates of desserts are displayed in a large room. |
| Date: | 10 1969 |
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| Description: | Three men standing in front of a window curtain sampling honey. |
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| Description: | Old time hive display at Honey Acres. Hives from left to right: skep, chaf hive, two colony hive, 1890 hive, and modern hive. |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | Rear view of a man driving a team of six horses to pull a planter in a field. |
| Date: | 06 17 1925 |
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| Description: | Corn planter on display on a lawn. A sign on a building in the background reads: "Notice Private Property Keep Out." |
| Date: | 06 25 1925 |
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| Description: | A man standing in a field is filling up the planter that is being pulled by a team of two horses. |
| Date: | 09 14 1925 |
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| Description: | Three-quarter view from front left of a man on a McCormick-Deering tractor seeding a field. |
| Date: | 09 03 1926 |
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| Description: | View across field towards a man driving a Farmall tractor pulling a plow. Farm buildings are in the far background. |
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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. |
| Date: | 1914 |
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| Description: | Advertising poster for Hoosier planters made by the American Seeding-Machine Company and sold by International Harvester. Features a color illustration. Th... |
| Bemis Company, Inc. |
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| The foundation supports area projects involved in arts & culture and education. |
| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | View towards a gardener planting ornamental trees in front of a house. The trees were transported in an International L-120 truck. |
| Date: | 1901 |
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| Description: | A dead bear in the apiary of W.O. Victor, and the remains of the apiary. There are several rifles next to the bear. |
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| Description: | A family, man, woman and infant, sitting under a tree in a bee apiary. Behind them are rows of hives. |
| Date: | 1967 |
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| Description: | Walworth Fairest of the Fair, Governor Knowles and the Wisconsin Honey Queen all holding a bottle of honey at the Walworth County Fair. |
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