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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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Cross Plains from Lutheran Church Hill

Date: 05 10 1928
Description: The Lutheran Church and buildings, seen from Lutheran Church Hill.
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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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Main Street

Date: 1910
Description: Main Street view in the winter with snow on the ground.
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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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Aerial View of Town

Date: 1955
Description: Aerial view of Cross Plains, with countryside surrounding and hills on the horizon.
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Haney House in Cross Plains

Date: 1952
Description: Berry Haney house, built in about 1841 or 1842. The frame parts of the house are later additions.
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Haney House in Cross Plains

Date: 1952
Description: Berry Haney house obscured by some trees and plants. The house was built in about 1841 or 1842. The frame parts are later additions.
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Aerial View of Cross Plains and Surrounding Countryside

Date: 11 1928
Description: Aerial view of Cross Plains, including residences and the surrounding countryside.
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Choice Honey for Sale

Date: 1924
Description: Outdoor portrait of a young dark-haired women standing in a field of flowers before a sign attached to a telephone pole. The sign reads: "Choice Honey For ...
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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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