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Threshing Scene

Date: 1905
Description: View across field of threshing scene, with steam-powered threshing machine and horse-drawn wagons. A large group of workers pose with men in suits. On the ...
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Nelson Dewey Farm

Date: 1900
Description: Nelson Dewey farm, showing the house built on the site after Dewey's death. The original house built by Dewey burned in 1873.
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Laying 90 # Rail — Near Cassville, Wis.

Date: 1910
Description: Elevated view of men working on the railroad near a farm field.
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Chickens Feeding on a Farm

Date: 1900
Description: Large group of chickens eating on a low wooden platform set on the ground.
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Pigs in a Pig-Pen

Date: 1910
Description: Three pigs waiting to be fed. There are farm implements, barrels, farm buildings and the lower section of what is probably a windmill in the background.
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Family Posing in front of Farmhouse

Date: 1900
Description: This family decided to make a family portrait with a number of the members doing an activity. On the right a man is wielding an ax, while in front of him a...
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Farm Yard with Windmill

Date: 1900
Description: Three people stand in the farm yard. The man on the right is feeding chickens, a woman in the center stands holding an apron. The man on the left is carryi...
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Haystacks

Date: 1910
Description: A man is standing among four large haystacks, and a young girl is siting posing on the top of the haystack on the right.
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Grain Shocks in Farm Field

Date: 1910
Description: Shocks of grain in a field. Hills are in the distance.
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Harvesting Grain into Horse-drawn Wagons

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Description: View across field of two men pitching grain into horse-drawn wagons. Between the two wagons is a man in a horse-drawn carriage. In the far background is an...
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General View of Governor Nelson Dewey's Estate

Date: 1904
Description: Panoramic view of Governor Nelson Dewey's estate. The left image is of an old stone barn with a shed in the rear. The center image is another barn. The rig...
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Nelson Dewey Farm

Date: 1904
Description: View across field of farm on the estate, showing a sheep or horse shed on the left and a cow or horse barn on the right. In the background is a bluff.

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