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House and Family

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Description: Family posing in yard of house with four horses, with two pulling a horse-drawn carriage. There are four women, two men, a young man, five young girls, and...
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Caught at the Milk Station

Date: 1913
Description: Mr. J.E. Waggoner, International Harvester Company Agricultural Extension Dept. employee, delivering roadside alfalfa lecture to a crowd of farmers arrivin...
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Farmers Hauling Goods in Columbus Wagon

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Description: Two farmers standing in the bed of a wooden Columbus wagon loaded with groceries and other goods. The original caption reads: "One of the reasons why Alaba...
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Main Street in Lake Mills

Date: 1879
Description: View of main street in Lake Mills. On the left of the image are the Fargo and Ostrander store, Farmer's Cash Store and Drugs, and A.J. Foster Harness Shop....
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Planting Corn on Bainridge Farm

Date: 05 20 1924
Description: A man changing the check wire while planting corn on Bainridge Farm.
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Loading Corn with a Corn Elevator

Date: 10 1922
Description: A farmer loading corn into a barn using a corn elevator. He is loading corn onto the elevator from a horse-drawn wagon.
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Wagon in Pasture

Date: 09 1929
Description: A horse-drawn wagon parked near a stopping gully in a pasture.
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Second Ward Savings Bank

Date: 02 27 1914
Description: Second Ward Savings Bank building (now the Milwaukee County Historical Society), looking northwest from the corner of W. Kilbourn Avenue and N. Plankinton ...
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Spreading Gravel

Date: 1900
Description: Two men spreading gravel from a horse-drawn dump wagon onto a road. The wagon was manufactured by Road Machine Co.
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Fairchild Grain Elevator

Date: 12 28 1906
Description: Landscape photograph of the Fairchild grain elevator on a winter's day. There are workers steering two horse-drawn carts in the foreground.
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Side View of McCormick Reaper

Date: 1910
Description: Side view of a McCormick reaper resting on grass near a large barn and other farm buildings. The original caption reads: "Invented 1845, patented 1847. The...
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McCormick Wire Binder

Date: 1899
Description: A group of farmers are using a McCormick wire grain binder, built in 1876. A horse-drawn carriage is in the background. The original caption reads: "The im...
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Filling Silo

Date: 10 22 1922
Description: Two men are unloading silage from a wagon into a silo filler on the farm of Adolph Eichherst. The silo filler is hooked up to a belt for power. Original ca...
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Man Loading Wagon with Corn Stalks

Date: 10 22 1922
Description: Man in field loading a horse-drawn wagon with silage corn.
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Horse-Drawn Carriage on Muddy Road

Date: 1915
Description: A man is driving a horse-drawn carriage down a muddy dirt road. A wooden fence and several buildings are in the background.
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Men with Horse-Drawn Carriages

Date: 1915
Description: Two horse-drawn carriages are facing each other from opposite directions on a dirt road. Men are standing in the road and appear to be guiding the carriage...
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People in the Yard Outside a Frame House

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Description: Man posing standing near a wooden fence surrounding a frame house. Another man is posing standing in the doorway, while a man and woman are posing sitting ...
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People in front of Frame House

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Description: Man posing sitting in a buggy pulled by a single horse. Nearby are two men and two women posing standing near a wooden fence. In the background is a two-st...
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People in front of Frame House

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Description: Man, four women, one holding a child, and three children posing standing in front of a frame house and a log building. Two individuals are posing sitting i...
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Man and Woman in Horse-Drawn Buggy

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Description: Man and woman posing sitting in a buggy pulled by a single horse. There is a large fur over their laps. They are in front of the gate of a wooden fence and...

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