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Central Wisconsin Labor Camp

Date: 1967
Description: A central Wisconsin labor camp consisting of a row of wooden framed building with asphalt siding which housed migrant laborers. At the center, three childr...
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Green Bay Food Company Camp

Date: 1966
Description: Buildings along an unpaved road served as a camp for migrant farm workers working for the Green Bay Food Company.

In 1946, more than 4,000 farmworkers fr...

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Hartford Store Poll Watchers

Date: 1967
Description: Two men sitting in front of Hartford Store cucumber receiving station watch over polls on union election day. The ballot box is on the left side of the tab...
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German Prisoners of War Marching to Trucks

Date: 07 13 1945
Description: A work shift of German prisoners at a prisoner of war camp marching to trucks to be conveyed to work at a local cannery.
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Tents at Prisoner of War Camp

Date: 07 13 1945
Description: German prisoner of war camp with tents and fencing surrounding the area. Several people are on the grounds. Prisoners are working in the local cannery.
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Truckload of Cranberries

Date: 10 1968
Description: A large truckload of cranberries being unloaded into a large open storage tank. The truck has been lifted into the air on a large platform, and a woman sta...
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Prisoners of War Washing Clothes

Date: 07 13 1945
Description: Three German prisoners of war are scrubbing their clothes on the cement floor of their barracks at a prisoner of war camp. The prisoners are engaged in agr...
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Ho-Chunk Woman in Field with Tents

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Description: A Ho-Chunk woman walking in a field. In the background are several white tents, possibly an encampment for a cranberry harvest.
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Women and Children Watch Men Work in Field

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Description: Children, men with hats, and women with parasols, are watching men work in a field with a horse-drawn plow and other agricultural equipment. A house is in...
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Ho-Chunk and European-American Group in a Field

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Description: Several Ho-Chunk and European American men, women, and children standing and kneeling in a field. Probably picking cranberries at Gebhardt's nursery. A lar...
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Ho-Chunk and European American Group Harvesting Cranberries

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Description: Several Ho-Chunk and European American men, women, and children standing and kneeling in a field with wooden boxes. Probably picking cranberries at Gebhard...
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Workers in newly Sprouted Grain Field

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Description: Farm workers are in a newly sprouted grain field with a harvest rake and a grain cradle. A man wearing a suit and hat is standing on the left watching the ...
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Sjur Starkson Reque Home

Date: 1874
Description: The Sjur Starkson Reque home. From left to right, seated, are Martha Reque, Mari Reque Lee, Brita Reque Quale, Nels Lee and Ole Quale. Standing are Anna Ma...
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Tall-tale Postcard: Carrots

Date: 1912
Description: Photomontage of three women and a little girl pulling up a giant carrot root. Several other giant carrots, some of which have been pulled out of the ground...
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Farm Laborers with Reaper

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Description: A crew of farm laborers take a break from harvesting wheat while a young woman offers food and drinks. They are posed in front of a reaper with the family ...
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Teenagers with Vegetables

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Description: A young man and woman wearing work clothes are standing in a garden, holding very large root vegetables. The woman is wearing a bonnet and the man is weari...
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Farm Laborers with Reaper

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Description: A crew of farm laborers taking a break from harvesting wheat while a young woman is offering food and drinks. They are posing in front of a reaper with the...

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