Don Dauer, 65, of Bowling Green, sends the ears flying as he strips the husks. In this 1991 Blade archive photo, Dauer moved swiftly down the field, shucking corn and tossing ears into a horse-drawn wagon during the Wyandot County corn husking contest in Upper Sandusky. Before mechanical pickers became widespread in the 1940s, workers spent long, grueling days in the field picking corn by hand. Go to thebladevault.com/memories to purchase more historical photos taken by our award-winning staff of photographers, past and present, or to purchase combinations of stories and photo
