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Alexander Lake's Nursery

Date: 1896
Description: A boy and a man are holding up small white pine trees, while workers are planting them at Alexander Lake's nursery. In the background are horses and wagons...
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Farm Family and Farm

Date: 1889
Description: A farm family posing in front of farm buildings and farmhouse. The young daughters are wearing matching dresses. Men in the background are standing with a ...
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Men Using Tractor and Threshing Machine

Date: 1897
Description: Large group portrait of men and young boys operating a steam tractor that is being used for belt-driven threshing machinery in a field. In the foreground a...
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Farm Family Posing Outdoors

Date: 1900
Description: View down driveway towards a farm family posing in front of their farmhouse and farm buildings. An older man and woman are sitting. Three women are standin...
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Two Men with Horse-Drawn Vehicles

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Description: Horse and buggy of a man from town meets the road cart/sulky of the farmer. People are standing in a field in the background.
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Two Women and Baby in Field

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Description: Two women playing with a baby while reclining on a blanket in a farm field with two carriages in the background.
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Man with Three Children

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Description: Man pulling a baby in a wagon with a girl holding onto the baby, followed by a boy riding a tricycle.
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Woman on a Farm

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Description: A woman stands on a road that travels through a farm. There are several farm buildings visible along with a wagon.
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Peddler at a Farm

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Description: A male peddler shows goods to two women and a young boy. In the background, farm buildings and a windwill are visible.
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Log Cabin and Corn Crib

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Description: A log cabin is visible on the right, with a corn crib near the center of the photograph. In addition, wooden farm sheds are visible along with various equi...
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Man Hewing Logs

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Description: A seated man hews logs in front of a barn. In the background, a rolling landscape is visible.
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Man Displaying Two Horses

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Description: A man holds two horses by their reins in front of a barn. A wagon is on the left.
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Horses Pulling a Wagon

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Description: Two horses pull a farmer's wagon. The corner of a building is on the left, and trees are in the background. A hill is in the distance.
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Horses Pulling Wagon

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Description: A man sits in a horse-drawn vehicle that is pulled by a two-horse team.
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Horse Pulling Wagon Through Field

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Description: A man with a shotgun and whip sits in a buggy pulled by a single horse in a field, possibly looking for prairie chickens.
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Man in Wagon

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Description: A man, possibly Abe Bailey, sits in a wagon pulled by a horse wearing a fly-net.
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Two Children with Wagon

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Description: An outdoor portrait of a small child posed sitting in an "Iron Clad" coaster wagon pulled by another child. They are standing outdoors on a road or path, w...
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Frame of a Ho-Chunk Lodge in Clearing

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Description: Frame of a Ho-Chunk lodge without fabric or skins on a snow-covered field. Probably a medicine lodge at Morrison Creek Bottoms. Two wagons are under a tree...
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Group near Brush Pile and Fence

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Description: View from field of several individuals around a large pile of brush under spits near a rough short fence and lodge. Possibly a feast fire at a powwow.
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Ho-Chunk Women and Children Underneath Tent

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Description: Ho-Chunk women and children sitting underneath white tents next to parked wagons.

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