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Waiting For Pure Fresh Milk

Date: 1889
Description: Stereograph of a posed scene showing a woman milking a cow as two other women stand waiting at an open barn door. On the left a man at a hand-pump is behin...
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Barn Raising at Paddock Farm

Date: 1891
Description: Elevated view of a barn raising on the farm of Alva Paddock in the township of Salem on Geneva Road, Highway 50.
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Klumb Barn Raising

Date: 1899
Description: A large group of men pose on the wooden framework of a barn they're building on Holy Hill Road, which has a stone foundation. On the far right three women ...
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Elevated View of Farm

Date: 1897
Description: View down hill towards a farm in a valley, with wooded bluffs in the background. In the foreground, a fence is at the top of the hill overlooking the farm....
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A Prairie Farm

Date: 1886
Description: View across field towards a farm, with farmhouse, barn, outbuildings, and fences. The photograph appeared in Joseph Schafer's 1932 book The Wisconsin Le...
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William M. Jones House and Farm

Date: 1878
Description: View towards a house and farm buildings. Caption reads: "Barneveld, Wis. Vic[inity]. Ridgeway Twp [township], Hwy [Highway] K. House built 1878 by William ...
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View of Victory and Mouth of Bad Ax River

Date: 08 1898
Description: Elevated view along hillsides towards several buildings, forests, and part of a river. Caption reads: "View from N.W. 1/4 of N.W. of Sec. 31. L. 12. R 6 W,...

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