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Cranberry Industry Equipment

Date: 1940
Description: An underwater clipper used by a Wisconsin cranberry grower between 1930 and 1940. This photograph was probably taken near Wisconsin Rapids, perhaps on the ...
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Woman Raking Cranberries

Date: 1955
Description: Woman using a cranberry rake to harvest cranberries near Wisconsin Rapids.
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Dry Cranberry Picking

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Description: Cranberry pickers in a Wisconsin marsh. The pickers include women and children.
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Cranberry Harvest

Date: 1999
Description: Cranberry harvest at Warrens, the self-proclaimed cranberry capital of Wisconsin.
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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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Farm Implement Exhibits

Date: 1909
Description: The farm implement exhibit area, in which displays of the International Harvester Company and the J.I. Case Plow Works can be seen.
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Cranberry Exhibit

Date: 1950
Description: Agricultural exhibit designed by the Wisconsin State Cranberry Growers Association and Eatmor Cranberries. The exhibit shows various types and stages of cr...
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The Great Seal of the Territory of Wisconsin

Date: 1838
Description: Territorial seal of Wisconsin. There is a farmer in the foreground plowing behind horses, a Native American apparently heading west, a river steamboat and ...
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Harvesting Cranberries

Date: 10 08 1997
Description: Group of men harvesting cranberries.
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International Harvester Display at Wisconsin State Fair

Date: 1946
Description: International Harvester Company displays its products under a tent at the Wisconsin State Fair. The text on the sign reads: "Equipment Display Courtesy Sha...
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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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Farmer Holding Box of Produce

Date: 1895
Description: Farmer in a vegetable field holding a box of produce, showing the productivity and diversity of his farm in northern Wisconsin. A man on the left walks wit...
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The Threshing Crew

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Description: Wisconsin threshing crew, with steam operated tractor, in Buffalo county.
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Cranberry Harvest

Date: 1945
Description: Men in flooded cranberry field for harvest.
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Christian Turck House

Date: 1900
Description: Christian Turck House built in 1835 by Turck who was a German immigrant.
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McCormick Binders at University of Wisconsin-Madison

Date: 1900
Description: Two men use horse-drawn McCormick grain binders in a field in front of a dairy barn at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. A grain elevator or walkway ext...
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Unloading Oats at the University of Wisconsin-Madison Stock Pavilion

Date: 12 09 1929
Description: A cargo of oats is unloaded from a horse-drawn wagon with the assistance from a tractor, via a grain elevator at the Stock Pavilion on the University of Wi...
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Potato Field

Date: 08 02 1926
Description: Four men in a potato field at Farm Colony, Wisconsin State Hospital for Insane (Mendota Mental Health Institute), Highway 113.
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Men Working in Cranberry Bog

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Description: Men working in Wisconsin cranberry bog. Possibly combing the vines. In the background are long, open air sheds packed with crates.
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Cranberry Harvest

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Description: Two men harvesting cranberries with cranberry rakes in Wisconsin marshes. There is a barge near them on the right.

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