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Open Hearth Lead Furnace

Date: 1872
Description: Galena (lead sulfide) was melted at this open hearth furnace owned by Richard Straw and Company on the Roundtree Branch of the Little Platte River. The men...
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Swedish Free Mission Church

Date: 1911
Description: View of the church, with a field and trees in the background. Caption reads: "Swedish Free Mission Church, Ella, Wis." Handwritten on church: "June 3/1911"...
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View From Brisbois Bluff

Date: 1910
Description: Elevated view from Brisbois Bluff of town, Mississippi River, and hills beyond.
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Mountain Meadow at Interstate Park

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Description: Mountain meadow at Interstate Park. This area was an ancient lake which became filled with peat. Prehistoric bison bones, copper points, and flint arrow po...
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Man and Titan Type D Tractor

Date: 1918
Description: Side view of man at the wheel of his Titan Type D tractor in a field.
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Powered Hay Press

Date: 1914
Description: Men bale hay using an IHC hay press or baling press.
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Preparation for Pit Silo

Date: 1915
Description: Three men working at a site for a new pit silo on an International Harvester demonstration farm.
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Dry Cranberry Picking

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Description: Cranberry pickers in a Wisconsin marsh. The pickers include women and children.
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Farmall H Tractor with #14 Corn Picker

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Description: Left side profile view of a man driving a Farmall H tractor in a cornfield with a #14 corn picker.
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Dodge County Farm

Date: 1935
Description: Elevated view from hill of chickens ranging near their coop behind a farmhouse and outbuildings on a tidy farm. There is a large barn on the right with two...
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Camp

Date: 1930
Description: Red poppies and other wildflowers are blooming in profusion near a camp of seven tents. Towels or laundry are hanging from clotheslines, and there is an au...
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Shell Mound and Field

Date: 1930
Description: Poppies are blooming in profusion in a field backed by an irregular hill, identified by the photographer as a shell mound.
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Girl and Wildflowers

Date: 1930
Description: A young girl is smiling as she is posing while sitting in a rocky field of wildflowers with purple blossoms. She is wearing traditional dress and a head sc...
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Camp

Date: 1930
Description: View across field towards an automobile, possibly a 1930 model Citroen, parked in front of a row of tents set up in a landscape of rolling hills. Two men a...
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Madison

Date: 1979
Description: Text on reverse reads: "Madison, Wisconsin photographed on infrared film at an altitude of 22 miles from a NASA research aircraft. Red = vegetation Blue ...

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