Summary Information

Title: Door County Agriculture Film Collection
Inclusive Dates: circa 1940s

Call Number: AE 482-AE 485

Quantity: 4 film reels (16 mm)

Repository:

Wisconsin Historical Society, Division of Library, Archives, and Museum Collections

Archival Locations:

Wisconsin Historical Society (Map)

COLLECTION MAY BE STORED OFF-SITE: see catalog entry to request materials and for additional information.

Abstract:

The collection consists of four silent Kodachrome films, circa 1940s, documenting aspects of agriculture in Door County, Wisconsin. Included is footage of horticulture spraying and ground spraying; men digging trees, brief shots of Hobb's Nursery, and unloading trees at Fruit Growers Cooperative in Sturgeon Bay; and cherry harvesting by young migrant workers from Jamaica and Mexico (according to the description in the film can), and images of a peach crop and apple harvest.

Note:

There is a restriction on use of this material; see the Administrative/Restriction Information portion of this finding aid for details.

Language: English

URL to cite for this finding aid: http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/wiarchives.uw-whs-ae482

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