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Newhall House

Date: 1880
Description: Stereograph of elevated view of Newhall House which was destroyed by fire in 1883.
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Octagon House

Date: 1870
Description: Exterior view of the Richards' Octagon House, with a horse and carriage and various people posed in front of it. Caption reads: "Octagon House Watertown Wi...
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Octagon House

Date: 1870
Description: Exterior view of the Octagon House with a horse and carriage posed in the foreground and several people around it and on its porches. Caption reads: "Octag...
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Spreading Lime

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Description: In a cloud of dust, two farmers spread lime on the field of C. Morris, Green Lake, with an endgate spreader drawn by a team of horses.
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North Water Street

Date: 1910
Description: North Water Street with City Hall in the background. Numerous horse-drawn vehicles are driving along the street and parked along the curbs, and pedestrians...
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Walworth County Fair

Date: 1913
Description: Elevated view of the Walworth County Fair. A large crowd gathers around a carousel.
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Theta Mead in Wagon

Date: 1922
Description: Theta Mead in a horse-drawn wagon along with another woman and three children.
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Group in Costume: Geek Party

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Description: Group portrait from a humorous "Geek" party in Chester Vonier's county owned barracks. Joe O'Hearn was the editor of Trains magazine, Vonier was nig...
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Round Barn

Date: 11 25 1961
Description: View of a round barn along Highway K. Farm equipment and another farm building are on the left. Fields and hills are in the background.
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Men with International Motor Hay Press

Date: 1915
Description: Men baling hay with engine powered hay press.
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Gwaltney and Bunkley Peanut Factory

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Description: Elevated view of the exterior of the factory, with men loading full sacks onto wagons pulled by horses. Caption reads: "A Busy Day, Gwaltney & Bunkley Pean...
Painting

The Country Store

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Description: View of a country store in autumn. A man driving a horse-drawn wagon hauls full milkcans in the foreground and, to the right, several families are hauling ...
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Arthur Stubb

Date: 1932
Description: Arthur Stubb, 13, a student at Peck School, "dragging the field before the grain was planted." He poses wearing a cap, jacket and bib overalls, with the re...
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Sawmill

Date: 1932
Description: A steam tractor provides power for a portable sawmill owned by Jake Karken. The large sawblade is still as men pose for the photographer. There is a team o...
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Bird Feeder

Date: 1932
Description: Identified as "A lunch counter for birds," a platform feeder has been mounted on a fence post behind Gardners Prairie School, District No. 7, Town of Sprin...
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Birdhouse

Date: 1932
Description: A rustic birdhouse with four separate entrances is displayed on a tree stump with gnarled bark. On the reverse of the photograph is written "Prize bird hou...
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Roger Baird

Date: 1933
Description: Roger Baird, 11 years old and a student at Hillcrest School, District No., Towns of Waukesha, Pewaukee, Brookfield and New Berlin, posing with his calf. On...
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Bee Skep Interior

Date: 1932
Description: Bee skep turned over to show bees and combs inside.
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Paving Blocks

Date: 1910
Description: View of the Montello granite quarry grounds shows piles of granite paving blocks. In the background, a team of horses pulls a wagon under an elevated narro...
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Street Scene with Carriages

Date: 1910
Description: Hand-colored lantern slide of an elevated view of a street scene which includes an assortment of carriages. In her journal of Ceylon, Carrie Chapman Catt r...

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