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Woman Cutting Watermelon

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Description: Outdoor view of a woman posing sitting on a mower in front of two boys posing standing, and another woman posing standing on the right.
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Gathering Cranberries

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Description: Men and women in a bog picking cranberries.
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Two Women Posing Indoors

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Description: Interior portrait of two women posing standing indoors near two chairs. The woman on the left is holding an apple and a bonnet, and the woman on the right ...
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Group Picking Cranberries

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Description: A group of men and women pick cranberries in a bog.
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National Food Store Shorewood Shopping Center

Date: 12 27 1951
Description: A woman shops for fruits and vegetables at the National Food Store in the Shorewood Shopping Center, located at 3244 University Avenue in Shorewood Hills.
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Studio Portrait of Ho-Chunk Man, Woman, and Child

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Description: Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of an unidentified man sitting with his family, and holding an apple in his mouth. The Ho-Chunk woman is pos...
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Packing Cherries

Date: 07 23 1924
Description: A group of men and women pack cherries on a workbench made of planks and sawhorses. Wooden fruit crates are stacked in a truck and on the ground. There are...
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Studio Portrait of Two Young Women

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Description: A studio portrait of two young women in front of a painted backdrop. The girl sitting on the left and wearing a white dress is identified as Betty Northup....
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Paper Lanterns at McCauslin Brook

Date: 1902
Description: A group of young men and women are visiting McCauslin Brook. Standing on the tree trunk, W.A. Holt is holding a paper lantern. The woman, standing next to ...
Postcard

Picking Cherries at N.C. Jacobs

Date: 1910
Description: Text on front reads: "Picking Cherries at N.C. Jacobs', Sawyer, Wis." An elevated view of a group of women, men and children picking cherries using ladders...
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Watermelon Eaters

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Description: Outdoor portrait of a large group of men, women, and children posing sitting and standing and eating watermelon.
Book or Pamphlet

Salzer Seed Company Catalog Back Cover

Date: 1898
Description: The back cover design of the John A. Salzer Seed Company catalog. The illustration features strawberries, tomatotos, and figs, and a woman and girl in a ga...
Postcard

Tall-tale Postcard: This is the Kind of Peaches We Raise

Date: 1924
Description: Photomontage of three women lifting baskets filled with giant peaches. The foreground as lines with other giant peaches. The top of the image is trimmed ...
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Wisconsin Woman Picketing for Grape Boycott

Date: 1969
Description: A woman wearing a paisley dress is carrying a United Farmworkers (UFW)/AFL-CIO sign in front of a Kroger store that reads, "Honor Picket Line/ National Cou...
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Packing Cherries

Date: 07 23 1924
Description: A group of men and women pack cherries on a bench made of planks and sawhorses. Fruit crates are stacked on the ground and in the back of a nearby truck. O...
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Salvation Army Harvest Festival

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Description: Interior view, over the heads of an audience sitting in the foreground, of a room filled with vegetable produce. A man, and a woman holding a puppy, are st...
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Costume Party

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Description: Group of Caucasian individuals dressed up as African Americans, in blackface and eating watermelon.
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Annual Farm and Home Week

Date: 02 05 1957
Description: Edith Meinke from Ludinghausen, Germany, a Brittingham scholarship student at the University of Wisconsin, exhibiting some Wisconsin apples during the Univ...
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Punch Table, Milwaukee Electric Railway and Light Co. Outing

Date: 08 26 1906
Description: Exterior view of the punch table at a company picnic under trees. A man stands in the foreground looking at the camera while holding a knife, and the woman...
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Harvesting Grapes

Date: 1909
Description: A group of women and children are standing in front of the porch at Island Lodge. From left to right: Jeannette Holt smiling and holding a bundle of vines ...

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