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| Date: | 1898 |
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| Description: | A man, his wife and their two children are posing in front of their farmstead. The man is holding a team of horses. Another horse pulling a buggy is in the... |
| Date: | 1890 |
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| Description: | Man driving a horse-drawn trolley of the Milwaukee City Railroad Company on the Greenfield Avenue & Third Street line. The corner of a building advertising... |
| Date: | 1890 |
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| Description: | A woman pours tea for her friends seated outdoors at a table. |
| Date: | 05 05 1897 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of Wisconsin Central freight cars in a rural storage yard near Manitowoc. |
| Date: | 1891 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of a barn raising on the farm of Alva Paddock in the township of Salem on Geneva Road, Highway 50. |
| Date: | 1880 |
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| Description: | Slightly elevated exterior view of T.G. Mandt Wagons & Carriages. Several of the men are standing near or leaning on one of the many carriages displayed ar... |
| Date: | 1890 |
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| Description: | A large class stands outside a school. Front row, left to right: Stella Nuzum, unknown, unknown, unknown, Mabel Devlin, Mary Devlin, unknown, Alice Odekirk... |
| Date: | 1880 |
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| Description: | Group portrait of men and women posing in hop field. Most of the women are wearing aprons, and some of them are holding plants from the harvest. In the for... |
| Date: | 02 1855 |
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| Description: | Engraved image from Harper's New Monthly Magazine showing people riding in a stagecoach pulled by two horses. |
| Date: | 1890 |
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| Description: | Thirteen men and boys pose in a line with their bicycles. Most of the group poses with similar bicycles, except for one man standing with a penny-farthing ... |
| Date: | 1839 |
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| Description: | Lithographic print of prize ox. Inscription beneath title reads: Weighing 4,000 Pounds, or 500 Stone, - of Beautiful Proportions. / This astonishing Ani... |
| Date: | 1860 |
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| Description: | Three adults and two children are standing on the porch of the Baraboo Octagon house. The stone hexagonal building stood on Bench (1st) and Broadway and se... |
| Date: | 1897 |
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| 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.... |
| Date: | 1886 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 1878 |
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| 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 ... |
| Date: | 1846 |
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| Description: | A wooden building enclosed by a fence. Caption on rear of photograph reads: First Church In Sauk-Prairie-Roxbury Region - 1846. Reproduction of an early ph... |
| Date: | 1890 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of a church surrounded by a picket fence. A man is standing on the front steps. Caption reads: "Zoar Church, ca. 1890. Near Oshkosh Wis. and ... |
| Date: | 1888 |
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| Description: | View towards a wooden walkway over a stone wall, perhaps a spillway, crossing a body of water. A bridge is in the background. |
| Date: | 1899 |
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| Description: | A toddler wearing an oversized straw hat is sitting on a box on the ground. There is a bottle in the toddler's pocket. There is a goat is standing next to ... |
| Date: | 01 1884 |
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| Description: | Illustration of a man attaching a plow to a horse team. A boy is adjusting the bridle for one of the horses, and a dog sitting in the foreground is looking... |
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