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Farm with Windmill

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Description: Farm buildings, including a farmhouse and a windmill.
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Group on Farmhouse Porch

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Description: A group of men, women and children gather on the front porch of a farmhouse. In addition to the traditional farm buildings, a windmill is visible near the ...
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Peddler at a Farm

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Description: A male peddler shows goods to two women and a young boy. In the background, farm buildings and a windwill are visible.
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Windmill

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Description: View of a farm with machinery attached to the bottom of a windmill. Windmills were usually used to pump water for livestock. The water was pumped into a ta...
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Man and Woman in Farmyard

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Description: In a farmyard, a man displays two horses while a woman rests on a bike. Behind them is a tall structure with a ladder, perhaps a windmill.
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Man Papering Barn

Date: 1897
Description: A man papers a barn with posters for the "Black River Falls Fair, September 7, 8, 9 & 10."
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Unidentified Residence

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Description: Outdoor view across tall grass towards a dog sitting on the right near a row of conifer trees. In the center in the background is a small wooden house nest...
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Children in an Automobile

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Description: View across yards towards two children posing sitting in the front seat of an automobile, which is parked in front of a two-story wooden house. There is a ...
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Couple in a Sleigh

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Description: Outdoor view of a man and woman posing sitting in a sleigh pulled by a team of two horses on snow-covered ground. Two men are standing in the background be...
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Two Women in a Buggy

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Description: Outdoor portrait of two women posing sitting in a two-wheeled buggy behind a team of two horses. There is a windmill and farm buildings in the background.
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Woman and Child; Buggy and Wagon

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Description: Outdoor portrait of a woman posing sitting and holding a child on a blanket in a field in front of two wagons, wooden buildings and a windmill.
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Farm Scene

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Description: View across barnyard towards men sitting in several wagons and buggies. Around them is a tall windmill and two barns.
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View of a Farm

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Description: Exterior portrait of wooden buildings and a windmill in the distance in front of rolling countryside taken from a road.
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Four Children Posing on a Horse

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Description: Outdoor group portrait of four children posing sitting on a horse. A man and woman are posing standing on either side of the horse. In the background are t...
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Rustic Dwelling

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Description: View across empty yard towards a small wooden building with a windmill and outbuildings in a dirt yard.
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Small Wooden House

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Description: Outdoor portrait of a small wooden house and bare trees in the yard.
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Flowering Trees

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Description: Outdoor view of a small log structure on the lower right, and a windmill behind flowering trees.

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