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Winding Farm Road

Date: 05 12 1963
Description: Winding farm road and distant farm with tree-covered hill in the background.
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Overlooking Fountain City

Date: 1885
Description: Elevated view looking south over Fountain City and river.
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Feeding a Calf

Date: 1900
Description: Winter scene with Bertha Gesell feeding a calf from a pan.
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Betsey Busied by Bossy's Butter

Date: 1905
Description: Woman churning butter.
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Bossy and Betsy

Date: 1905
Description: Woman milking her cow.
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Bossy's Bibacious Bouncing Baby

Date: 1905
Description: Woman feeding calf from a bucket.
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Edward Truempler Farm, Mill Creek

Date: 
Description: Elevated view across field with large haystacks towards a woman sitting in horse-drawn carriage in a farmyard.
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The Threshing Crew

Date: 
Description: Wisconsin threshing crew, with steam operated tractor, in Buffalo county.
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Bison Farm

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Description: Bison and cattle grazing on a farm.
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Aerial View of Town along Mississippi River

Date: 1875
Description: Aerial view of Alma along Mississippi River, with bluffs along the horizon.
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Main Street in Cochrane

Date: 1910
Description: Southward view down the dirt Main Street, looking towards a house, two churches, and a grove of trees.
Postcard

Cochrane

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Description: Elevated view of Cochrane and the surrounding landscape. There are houses, railroad tracks, distant fields, a pond and some irrigation canals. Caption read...
Photograph

Cochrane from a Field

Date: 1910
Description: Slightly elevated view of Cochrane from a field. A road or highway stands between the field and Cochrane. Caption reads: "Birds [sic] Eye View Looki...
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Children Playing on Seesaw

Date: 
Description: Two young girls play on a seesaw (teeter totter) in a yard near stacks of fuel wood.
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Wintery View of Mississippi River

Date: 1890
Description: A view from a hill overlooking the town of Alma, on the banks of the Mississippi River, which is frozen. Several churches and residential houses are visibl...
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Merton Sutter with All-Steel Thresher

Date: 1938
Description: Merton Sutter receiving a 4-H farm accounting award in front of a McCormick-Deering All-Steel Thresher. Original caption reads: "Winner of $300 merchandisi...
Postcard

View from Alma

Date: 07 15 1907
Description: Photographic postcard of the river valley from the bluffs near Alma. A small portion of the river is visible between the bluffs and somewhat obscured by lo...
Postcard

Winter Scene

Date: 11 07 1907
Description: Photographic postcard of a frozen body of water. Ice and snow mostly cover a pond or river, with some open water. Bare trees and a barbed wire fence are in...
Postcard

High School

Date: 08 17 1914
Description: Colorized photographic postcard view of the exterior of the high school, which has two-stories, and is surrounded by a lawn. A tree is obscuring the facad...
Postcard

High School

Date: 08 02 1916
Description: Colorized photographic postcard from across a street of the high school. There is a stone wall in front of the school, and a steep hill behind. Caption rea...

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