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Farm and Rural Homestead

Date: 1890
Description: Bucolic scene in Wisconsin illustrates agricultural prosperity after the depression.
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International "Red Baby" Truck Leaving Rural Farmstead

Date: 1923
Description: International "Red Baby" (model S) truck loaded with binder twine(?) and a stationary engine leaving a rural farmstead. In the background a woman holding a...
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Man on Farmall 560 Tractor

Date: 1958
Description: Farmer on a Farmall 560 tractor with disk harrow pausing to talk to another man in a field in front of a farmhouse.
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Men and Boys with McCormick Binder in front of Farmhouse

Date: 1900
Description: Men, young boys, and a dog standing in front of a brick farmhouse with a horse-drawn McCormick binder.
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Farmstead with McCormick Binder in Field

Date: 1900
Description: Scenic view of rural farmstead with horse-drawn McCormick grain binder and wagon in field in front of farmhouse.
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Group Portrait of Mother and Children in front of Sod Farmhouse

Date: 1905
Description: View of farm woman and her two children posing in front of sod farmhouse on poor plot of land. The woman is sitting in a chair near the open front door. A ...
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Children Exiting School Bus

Date: 04 06 1938
Description: Children getting off an International D-30 school bus in front of a rural farmhouse. The bus served Washington township in Grant County, Indiana. The bus f...
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Boy Standing by International School Bus

Date: 03 28 1938
Description: Boy with a book and lunch pail waiting as an International D-30-B or D-35-B school bus pulls up in front of his rural farmhouse. Another mischievous lad is...
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Children Box Fresh Eggs

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Description: Young children crating fresh eggs in front of a farmhouse.
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Woman Draws Water from Well

Date: 1920
Description: Farm woman operating a McCormick-Deering portable gasoline engine. The engine is driving a pump to draw water from a well into a homemade trough. Another w...
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Earl Sloan Farm

Date: 10 02 1945
Description: Earl Sloan farm near Madison taken for the Wisconsin Power & Light Company.
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William Siebert Farm

Date: 10 02 1945
Description: William Siebert farm near Madison, taken for Wisconsin Power & Light Company.
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Rennebohm Farm Buildings

Date: 06 30 1944
Description: Rennebohm dairy farm buildings, showing house in foreground and barn and silos in background, framed by large tree, located 5 miles from the capitol on Hig...
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Rennebohm Farm

Date: 06 30 1944
Description: Rennebohm Farm buildings, with house in foreground and barn and silos in background, located five miles from the Capitol, 3787 Highway 151 between Madison ...
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Farmhouse After Remodeling

Date: 06 16 1938
Description: Farmhouse near McFarland after remodeling.
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Farmhouse Before Remodeling

Date: 03 21 1938
Description: Farmhouse near McFarland before remodeling.
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Farmhouse Before Remodeling

Date: 03 21 1938
Description: Farmhouse near McFarland before remodeling, with a windmill behind the house on the left.
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Donald Farmstead near Mount Vernon

Date: 01 23 1934
Description: James Sweet Donald farmstead, built in 1858, on the "Rock View Farm," now called Vernon Valley Farms, at 1972 Hwy 92 near Mount Vernon. It is on the Nation...
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Men and the Spoils of Hunting

Date: 11 11 1933
Description: Four men posing with their dog and hunting trophies — moose, deer, bear, and fish hanging in the farmyard.
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Frank Lloyd Wright - Choles Crash

Date: 11 13 1933
Description: Frank Lloyd Wright's 1929 L-29 Cord Phaeton automobile and an overturned Choles Floral Company delivery truck, driven by Frost Choles, at an accident scene...

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