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Halvor Nerison Hauge and Other Farmers

Date: 1874
Description: Halvor Nerison Hauge (1830-1906) had much to be proud of in 1874: an imposing brick house, modern harvesting equipment and a growing family. When Dahl publ...
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Tobacco Field

Date: 08 24 1929
Description: A farmer is standing in a tobacco field, with crop ready to harvest. Farm buildings are in the background.
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Reaping Scene

Date: 1879
Description: Three men taking a break during harvesting. Their horse-drawn reaper raked the grain into rows as it cut. In the background are various farmstead buildings...
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"No More Crooked Rows"

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Description: Inside spread of 4-page advertising brochure for Fuller & Johnson Mfg. Co. Limited with a chromolithograph of a Bonanza Forge Drop planter, "The only perfe...
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Fordson Tractor

Date: 07 27 1927
Description: Man attaches extra rims onto a Fordson tractor.
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McCormick-Deering Tractor and Plow

Date: 05 04 1923
Description: Carl Seamonson plowing a field with a McCormick-Deering 10-20 tractor and plow.
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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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Tollef Gjermundsen Farmstead

Date: 1874
Description: View down hill towards two men in the foreground standing on top of a stone fence looking out onto fields where two or three men are working with two wagon...
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Ole Wettlesen Barnyard

Date: 1874
Description: View of the Ole Wettlesen barnyard. A man is standing and holding a pail in the center near a lineback cow. People, cattle, sheep, horses, a barn, haysta...
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Barn Raising at Lars Davidsen Reque's Home

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Description: Barn raising at Lars Davidsen Reque's home. Crew members can be seen mortising freshly hewn timbers with a hand-operated boring machine. Men are also seen ...
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Men in Field Pointing at Livestock

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Description: Two men are in a field in the foreground, one sitting in a carriage, one standing next to it, and both men pointing to the background. There we see cows, h...
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Addison and Sarah White's Home

Date: 1876
Description: Riley, Springdale Township, Dane Co. Four men and four women around a table in yard in front of two-story Greek Revival frame house with a Madison Mutual s...
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Bee Inspector

Date: 1934
Description: The state bee inspector (probably the man on the left), and a Dane County farmer.
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Husker-Shredder Powered by Engine

Date: 1905
Description: Farmers using a husker-shredder(?) powered by an engine. A man and two children look on from the doorway of a barn. Another man is standing on a horse-draw...
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Baron Ludvig af Ugglas

Date: 08 15 1949
Description: Baron Ludvig af Ugglas of Sweden in work clothes at the site of Madison's Veterans hospital where he has a summer job. He will be attending the U.W. Colleg...
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Buffalo at the Shey and Strand Ranch Near Deansville

Date: 05 04 1950
Description: A small herd of buffalo roam the 271-acre hobby "ranch" of Ed Shey and Peter Strand near Deansville."Pete" Strand is standing next to the herd on the right
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McCormick Grain Binders at University of Wisconsin-Madison

Date: 1900
Description: Two men use horse-drawn McCormick grain binders in a field in front of a dairy barn at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. A grain elevator or walkway ext...
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Farmer with Cows

Date: 02 1910
Description: Farmer and two cows standing outside near a barn in winter.
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McCormick Binders at University of Wisconsin-Madison

Date: 1900
Description: Two men use horse-drawn McCormick grain binders in a field in front of a dairy barn at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. A grain elevator or walkway ext...
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Hmong Vegetable Sellers

Date: 1997
Description: Hmong farm family selling vegetables on Mifflin Street on the Capitol Square at Madison's Farmer's Market.

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