Cleansers wash off the soybean oil and fuel oil, but also remove the ducks' natural oil which keeps them buoyant in water. A few ducks got away from their rescuers after being cleaned, and drowned quickly after reaching the water. The ducks must be kept in captivity until summer, when they will molt and develop new feathers.

Cleansers wash off the soybean oil and fuel oil, but also remove the ducks' natural oil which keeps them buoyant in water.

Cleansers wash off the soybean oil and fuel oil, but also remove the ducks' natural oil which keeps them buoyant in water. A few ducks got away from their rescuers after being cleaned, and drowned quickly after reaching the water. The ducks must be kept in captivity until summer, when they will molt and develop new feathers.

Image from the Hastings Gazette Weekly, April 4, 1963, p. 2. Digitized with permission from the Hastings Star Gazette.

Black and white photograph of a cleanup at Layman’s (later renamed Pioneers and Soldiers) Cemetery, 1925.

Cleanup at Layman’s Cemetery

A cleanup at Layman’s (later renamed Pioneers and Soldiers) Cemetery, 1925.

Black and white photograph of Clell Miller and Bill Chadwell (misidentified by authorities as Bill Stiles) both deceased, September 7, 1876.

Clell Miller and Bill Chadwell (misidentified by authorities as Bill Stiles) both deceased

Clell Miller and Bill Chadwell (misidentified by authorities as Bill Stiles), both deceased, September 7, 1876.

Black and white photograph of Clement Beaulieu, c.1890.

Clement Beaulieu

Clement Beaulieu, c.1890.

Black and white photograph of Clement Haupers, 1979. Photographed by Elizabeth M. Hall.

Clement Haupers

Clement Haupers, 1979. Photographed by Elizabeth M. Hall.

Black and white photograph of Clement Haupers and Clara Mairs in Andre L’hote’s art class, Paris, 1923.

Clement Haupers and Clara Mairs in Andre L’hote’s art class, Paris

Clement Haupers and Clara Mairs in Andre L’hote’s art class, Paris, 1923.

Black and white photograph of Clement Haupers and Elsa Jemne at Big Sand Lake, c.1929.

Clement Haupers and Elsa Jemne

Clement Haupers and Elsa Jemne at Big Sand Lake, c.1929.

Black and white photograph of Clement Haupers clowning around, c.1931.

Clement Haupers clowning around

Clement Haupers clowning around, c.1931.

Black and white photograph of Clement Haupers giving a lecture on the St. Croix river, c.1969.

Clement Haupers giving a lecture on the St. Croix river

Clement Haupers giving a lecture on the St. Croix river and displaying his paintings of the St. Croix area in the Livingston-Griggs Amusement Room, c.1969.

Black and white photograph of Clement Haupers in his studio, c.1930.

Clement Haupers in his studio

Clement Haupers in his studio, c.1930.

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