The Seggebruch kids — Millie, Marie and Fred — in front of the farmhouse in Crete in 1941.
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Rodney Bettenhausen shared a bunch of photos taken by his grandmother, Sylvia Bettenhausen of rural Manhattan. In this one, Glenn Bettenhausen of rural Manhattan, Mr.…
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Jeff Brandau, whose Mom was a Sangmeister, shares this photo from 1967 of Marie Sangmeister at the sewing machine and Roy Sangmeister repairing the canvas…
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John Kiefner provided this photo to go with his column this week. Before electricity and refrigeration came to the dairy farm, milk was stored in…
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Sharen Klausing Suste of Frankfort shares this photo from 60 years ago of the Fred Francis 4H Field in New Lenox finally ready for the…
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Rex Steffes dropped by to show us this picture from 1926 of Jacob Steffes and his hired guy cultivating 40-inch corn on the farm in…
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Jeff Brandau shares a picture from 1969 of Clarence Sangmeister and Roy Sangmeister (with the grease gun) getting ready to pick corn.
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Judy Brown of Lockport dug up this oldie but goodie from 1895, taken at her grandfather, Charles Burkhardt’s, farm in Goodfarm Township in Grundy County.…
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Farm Bureau member Judith Brown of Lockport shares this picture from 1926 taken of her grandfather, Charles Burkhardt, on his farm in Goodfarm Township in…
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Rodney Bettenhausen shared this picture of his young self at age 2, unloading corn in 1961 with his grandfather, Fred Bettenhausen (rear) of rural Manhattan,…
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