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Tollef Gjermundsen Farm

Date: 1874
Description: View uphill towards cattle, horses and people in the barnyard of the Tollef Gjermundsen farm. Behind them is a barn with a stone foundation with an arched ...
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Tollef Gjermundsen's Farm

Date: 1874
Description: Tollef Gjermundsen farm. Men on horseback stand in a row in the foreground, and a stone house, windmill and barn are in the background.
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Ole Wettlesen with Horse on his Farm

Date: 1874
Description: In 1845, Ole Wettlesen and his wife Thorbjor and family left Laardal, Telemark, Norway, for America, eventually settling in Dane County. There, Ole establi...
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Williamson Family Poses outside with Grandmother

Date: 1873
Description: A family poses in a yard around a table. The grandmother appears to have an embroidery hoop in her lap. In the background on the right is a grindstone. Fur...
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A Boy and Dog with Toy Tractor

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Description: A young boy and his little dog sit together on a toy tractor in a driveway behind a parked car.
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Madison Saddle Club Horse Show

Date: 07 16 1951
Description: Entered in the English saddle class in the Madison Saddle Club horse show are, left to right, Ann Ladd; Donna Wartner; Jinny Waartner, sitting on a horse; ...
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Boy with Calf

Date: 1931
Description: Harold Calder, wearing bib overalls and a cap, poses with his calf, which won second place at the Cambridge Festival in 1931. There are chickens, a small c...
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Lake Kegonsa Log Cabins — Highway 51

Date: 1930
Description: View from driveway over a stream towards a row of six log cabins to the left Highway 51. A Texaco Station and a delivery truck are on the far left. Cars ar...
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Young Men Show Off Their Fish

Date: 06 1930
Description: Tom and Bill O'Dea pose with a large Northern Pike in front of their parent's garage door on Park Street. They are wearing one piece coveralls and boots. T...
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Altrusa Club Country Fair

Date: 05 09 1961
Description: A woman standing beside chickens in the hen house on the Elizabeth McCoy Syene Road farm before it was transformed into a gift shop for the Altrusa club's ...
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Altrusa Club Country Fair

Date: 05 09 1961
Description: Exterior view of the hen house on the Elizabeth McCoy Syene Road farm. It was converted into a gift shop for the annual Altrusa club annual country fair.
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Stanley Herrling Farm

Date: 06 06 1961
Description: Stanley Herrling pulling in a rainbow trout from the trout pond. This is one of a series of photographs of a rural Cross Plains farm which was purchased 6 ...

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