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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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White Pine Forest

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Description: View of White Pine Forest in Flambeau State Park.
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Farm Family with Implements

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Description: A stonecutter, a cooper or smith (identified by the tools of their trade) and a girl with a pail are standing on the left in contrast to a group of ladies ...
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Three Men Haying

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Description: Three men with a wagon are on the left, with a barn, broken fence and farm implement on the right.
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Tramway

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Description: An engraving based on a drawing by Alexander Simplot. The image shows a very detailed aerial view of a hillside with a tramway traversing the side. There a...
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Woman Working with Milk Cans

Date: 1924
Description: Woman standing at a table with milk cans on it. The photograph was taken for International Harvester's Agricultural Extension Department. A caption with th...
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Studio Portrait of Two Young Boys

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Description: Two young boys pose for a studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop. One stands behind a wooden fence while the other sits on a bale of hay. They both...
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Man Harvesting with Reaping Hook or Sickle

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Description: A man harvests grain with a reaping hook or sickle. The man was likely re-enacting early grain harvesting methods for a company photographer.
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Oak Hill Farm Poster

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Description: A hand-drawn poster, including a star design and two photographs, advertising Oak Hill Farm, founded by Mr. and Mrs. H.H. Harris.
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Farmer with Silo and Bull

Date: 1915
Description: A farmer wearing hat is standing in the middle distance beside a bull. Behind him is a large silo.
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Cranberry Harvester with Cranberries

Date: 1935
Description: Unidentified man holding a cranberry rake, next to newly harvested cranberries in crates.
Book or Pamphlet

Gray Tractor Pamphlet

Date: 1920
Description: Front cover of a pamphlet advertising the Gray tractor "with the Wide Drive Drum." The color illustration depicts a man using the tractor to work in a fiel...
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Why Best Tractors are Tracklayers

Date: 1919
Description: Front cover of an advertisement for Best tractors featuring a color illustration of a man using a plow pulled by two oxen to work in a field. The headline ...
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Hotel Badger Dinner Menu

Date: 10 29 1908
Description: Front cover and menu listing from the Hotel Badger, with an etching of a fox sitting on the ground looking up at a bunch of grapes hanging on a vine over a...
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Silo Under Construction

Date: 1907
Description: View of a silo. A man with a horse is standing at the base of the silo on the left, and a man is standing near a wagon on the right. At the top of the silo...

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