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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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Display Booth at the Fair

Date: 08 29 1926
Description: L.L. Olds Seed Company display booth of flowers and seeds at Wisconsin State Fair.
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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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Planting Norway Pine Seedlings

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Description: Floyd Everett drives a tractor as Franklin Kempf plants Norway Pine seedlings using a tree planting trailer hitched to the back of the tractor.
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Forest Nursery

Date: 1951
Description: Aerial view of the Nekoosa-Edwards Paper Company nursery.
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Preparing a Seed Bed

Date: 1925
Description: An Ojibwe man is standing and holding the reins of his team of two horses hitched to a harrow. Two boys are standing behind him. In the background are leaf...
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Charles Decorah

Date: 1925
Description: Charles Decorah, a Ho-Chunk Indian, broadcasting seeds oats over a tilled field. He is wearing bib overalls and a cap. There is a dog in the foreground on...
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Planting Trees

Date: 1935
Description: A large crew of men are bending to their work of planting seedling trees into furrows. Each man is carrying a spade-like tool with a long handle, and a box...
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Men Planting at the Lake Nursery

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Description: Ten men are working in a field, probably planting raspberries at the Lake Nursery. Some of the men are standing watching. In the background are trees and h...
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Spring Planting

Date: 04 1987
Description: "Paul O. Koll readied his hilly terrain for spring planting."
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Moguah Unit Planting Crew

Date: 1930
Description: Moguah Unit Planting Crew at work.
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Men Planting at the Lake Nursery

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Description: Five men are planting a field, probably planting trees at the Lake Nursery. Behind them is a man standing near a farm building among rows of plants. Anothe...
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Men Planting Seedlings

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Description: Man and a boy posing standing and holding white pine seedlings in a field. Four men are crouching in a row planting the seedlings in a field. In the backgr...
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Planting at Ten Chimneys

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Description: Alfred Lunt driving a tractor pulling Ben Perkins in a cart. Mr. Perkins is likely seeding the furrows.
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Planting Trees

Date: 04 26 1997
Description: "School children plant three trees in the village park near Firemen's Park."
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Rivers Edge Park

Date: 09 16 1997
Description: "Assisting in planting this tree in Rivers Edge Park are: Village President Chris Giese, Ron and Janet Wendling, Shirley Widmer, Delores and Gordon Loehrke...
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Seed Corn Experiment

Date: 1926
Description: Field of seed corn experiment.
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Vilas Park Island Tree Planting

Date: 05 13 1950
Description: More than 150 Madison high school pupils recruited through the Madison Youth Council helped plant trees and shrubs on the Vilas Park island.
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Alexander Lake's Nursery

Date: 1896
Description: A boy and a man are holding up small white pine trees, while workers are planting them at Alexander Lake's nursery. In the background are horses and wagons...
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Valley with Grain Field

Date: 07 12 1964
Description: Elevated view of valley with strip-planted grain field.

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