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Farmworkers Taking a Break

Date: 1913
Description: Group of farm workers, men and women, posing in a field, holding various beverages. One man has his arm over a barrel on a stand in the center. In the back...
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Farm Family

Date: 1915
Description: Photographic postcard of a farm couple and their daughter posing outdoors in front of a barn.
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Cross Plains from Lutheran Church Hill

Date: 1860
Description: Elevated view of multiple buildings in Cross Plains from Lutheran Church Hill. Many roads and fences cross the fields. Wooded hills are in the background. ...
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View from Hill of Cross Plains

Date: 1928
Description: View from hill of uptown Cross Plains with the Catholic Church (St. Francis Xavier) and farmhouses.
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Barn Raising in Cross Plains

Date: 
Description: Workers pose on the frame of a barn they are building.
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Sunlight Coming Through a Treeline

Date: 06 1960
Description: Sunlight comes through a line of trees, as seen from a nearby field.
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Cornfield

Date: 07 04 1960
Description: View of a cornfield and wooded ridge at sunrise.
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Hay Bales in a Field

Date: 07 03 1960
Description: View of a field with bales of hay ready to be harvested.
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Tree Branches

Date: 06 19 1960
Description: View of a cultivated hillside through bare willow branches in the foreground.
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Large Rock Formation

Date: 06 19 1960
Description: A large rock outcropping in a pasture of iron-bearing rock.
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Flooded Farm Field

Date: 07 04 1960
Description: Landscape view of a flooded field at sunrise.
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Tree Line Separating Fields

Date: 06 19 1960
Description: A row of willows resides between two crop fields. There is a hill in the background.
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Farm Against a Hillside

Date: 07 03 1960
Description: A farm, with metal-roofed buildings, in a hillside valley.
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Hillside Farmyard

Date: 04 30 1961
Description: View down hill of a farmyard. A pasture with several trees is visible, in addition to two farm buildings.
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Tree Tops in Sunlight

Date: 05 24 1964
Description: View of tree tops, as seen from below. Sunlight falls on the top of the tree canopy.
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Bird's-Eye View of Town

Date: 
Description: View from hill over church and cemetery towards fields and town in a valley.
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Bird's-Eye View

Date: 
Description: Elevated view from hill of rural landscape.
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Young Woman Sitting on a Fence

Date: 1919
Description: A fashionably dressed young woman is posed sitting on a fence. She is wearing a long coat over a dress, a hat with a wide brim, and high-button boots. Her ...
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Young Couple in a Landscape

Date: 1926
Description: A young couple wearing coats and hats are posing outdoors.
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View from Hill of Cross Plains

Date: 1928
Description: View from grassy hill of uptown Cross Plains. The Catholic Church (St. Francis Xavier) is on the right, and farmhouses and other buildings are among fields...

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