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Wrecked and Abandoned Automobiles in Pasture

Date: 05 16 1962
Description: Wrecked and abandoned automobiles in a hidden rural hollow.
Photograph

Newly Planted Field

Date: 05 13 1962
Description: Landscape view of a newly planted field and surrounding shrubs.
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Farm Pasture with Road Sign

Date: 08 13 1961
Description: A pasture along Highway 60 on a foggy morning. In the middle of the pasture near a fence is a sign for "WIS 60" underneath a caricatured Native American fi...
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Sunlight in a Forest

Date: 09 17 1961
Description: Sunlight seeps through the trees in a wooded area.
Photograph

Kickapoo River Valley

Date: 09 10 1961
Description: An elevated view, looking westward, of the Kickapoo River Valley.
Photograph

Bare Tree in a Field

Date: 11 11 1961
Description: View of a large, tree-lined field. In the foreground, a small, bare tree grows amidst thick shrubbery.
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Maple Tree Trunks

Date: 07 05 1964
Description: A cluster of maple tree trunks in a shady grove. A wire is strung along the right side of the trees, with a coil of wire leaning against a tree trunk in th...
Photograph

Abandoned Log Cabin

Date: 09 01 1963
Description: A view of an abandoned log cabin obscured by plants and trees.
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Hayfield with Hay Bales

Date: 06 09 1963
Description: View from grassy border of a large field dotted with hay bales. Trees line a small ridge in the far background.
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Silo and Field

Date: 09 04 1967
Description: A cement silo surrounded by plants and shrubs. A tree-lined field is in the background.
Photograph

Abandoned Farm with Overgrown Yard

Date: 09 04 1967
Description: An abandoned farm with overgrown foliage. In the background is a farmhouse. The doorway is detailed with decorative pilasters or engaged columns flanking t...
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Hilltop Landscape

Date: 1964
Description: Pasture hilltop, early morning, on highway 78, between Mazomanie and Sauk City.
Photograph

Farmland and Hills

Date: 07 04 1965
Description: Farmland, trees and shrubs against a background of wooded hills.
Historical Object

Paul Vanderbilt Pairing 63

Date: 
Description: You came to know that book by its covered distance,
well remembered by the measure
of the trudging barefoot mile
Historical Object

Paul Vanderbilt Pairing 132

Date: 
Description: The parson came. He said it well:
Enough is all we want, to hold and sleep on,
not the sky.
A little harvest of the sorrows
between the sentenc...

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