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Log Cabin with N.G. Willard Family

Date: 09 09 1895
Description: Log cabin of N.G. Willard on 80 acres of land. Two women, a young child, and an infant are posing outdoors in the yard. Laundry is hanging on lines on the ...
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Pulling Stumps to Clear Land

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Description: Pulling tree stumps in northern Wisconsin. A group of curious onlookers watches as workers load large stumps. A sign in the background reads: "Conrath Home...
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Automobile Stuck in Rural Road

Date: 12 07 1915
Description: Three employees of International Harvester's Agricultural Extension Department working to free a car stuck in a muddy rural road. The original caption read...
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Directing an "Action Song"

Date: 1919
Description: Miss Streeter leading school children in the "shoemaker's song". Another woman is standing near a Victrola. The children are outdoors under trees. Possibly...
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Dancers at Hillside

Date: 1905
Description: Elevated view of students at the Hillside Home School performing a may pole dance while an audience looks on. Dance instruction at the school was provided ...
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Concrete Chutes and Forms in Power House Coffer Dam

Date: 10 23 1923
Description: Men working on the concrete chutes and elevated trestle. Iron reinforcing bars protrude from the forms.
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Steel Draft Tubes Showing Outlet in Power House

Date: 11 21 1912
Description: Two workmen standing in the outlet of a steel draft tube in the power house, while other men are working above it. Cars are moving along the elevated trest...
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Men Working on Concrete Forms

Date: 1914
Description: A group of workmen posing while working on concrete forms at the Prairie du Sac dam site. Their position high above the water level affords an expansive up...
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Horse-Drawn Corn Planter

Date: 1910
Description: A man uses a horse-drawn planter (most likely a corn planter) in a field near International Harvester's Richmond Works factory.
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Family Playing Croquet

Date: 1905
Description: Family playing croquet in the front yard of a rural home.
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Outdoor Group Portrait

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Description: An outdoor portrait of a large group of men, women, and children on a trail or path among trees. Possibly a family reunion or other gathering.
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W.M. Smith and W.H.D. on a Log

Date: 07 1895
Description: Two men, W.M. Smith and W.H.D., rest on a large log over Little Bear Creek.
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Man and Woman Standing in Tree

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Description: A man and a woman standing in a tree in a clearing with houses in the background.
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Group with Hammock, Bicycle and Stringer of Fish

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Description: A group of four women and one man gathered around a hammock and bicycle. The man is displaying a stringer of fish which is attached to the hammock. There i...
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Portrait of Family and Dog

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Description: Outdoor portrait of a man and woman posed sitting with a young girl standing between them. A dog is lying on the ground. The woman and girl are wearing dre...
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Woman and Children Posed in Buggy

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Description: Woman, two girls, and a boy posed sitting in a buggy pulled by a single horse. They are in front of a group of trees.
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Super A Tractor with Cotton Planter

Date: 1950
Description: Slightly elevated view of a man using a Farmall Super A tractor with a cotton planter attachment to plant in a field. The original caption reads: "'Bed' pl...
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Farmall C with Cotton Planter

Date: 1950
Description: Slightly elevated view of a man using a Farmall C tractor with a cotton planter attachment to plant cotton in a field. The original caption reads: "C-277 b...
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Planting Cotton with Farmall Cub

Date: 1950
Description: Slightly elevated view of a man using a Farmall Cub with a forward-mounted cotton planter attachment to work in a field. The original caption reads: "Plant...
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Three People with Horse and Buggy

Date: 1920
Description: A woman in a dress is talking to two men in hats who are riding in a horse and buggy. They are in a field near a tree.

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