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Schwister's Minnesota-Badger

Date: 1912
Description: John Schwister at the controls of the "Minnesota-Badger," the plane he built in St. Paul, Minnesota and Wausau, Wisconsin. The passenger beside Schwister i...
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Men Amid Tobacco Plants

Date: 1873
Description: Two men are posed amid tobacco plants. Behind the men are a windmill and barn. In the center background a woman and a child stand near tall stacks of hay. ...
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James Sanford Home

Date: 1875
Description: Young man and two women in a horse-drawn wagon in front of the fenced yard of the James Sanford home. There is a small patch of snow on the ground in front...
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Railroad Bridge Across Pecatonica River

Date: 1929
Description: View down the railroad tracks across the bridge. On the far side are barns and industrial buildings among trees.
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Rudolf Herrling Farm

Date: 1903
Description: Rudolf Herrling farm looking west from the sawmill platform. Three men are near horses and carts in a fenced-in area. In the background is the farmhouse.
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Potosi Brewery Stables

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Description: Group portrait of men and boys pictured with horses outside a barn. The stables served the Potosi Brewing Company. On the far left a man is seated in a car...
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Stable Constructed of Logs

Date: 1918
Description: View across snow of a stable constructed out of logs, and covered with branches, near Arkhangelsk, Russia. There is a wood building on the far right, and t...
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Summer Construction

Date: 08 17 1958
Description: Building for a new “supermarket” food and household necessities store, under construction on the outskirts of the Milwaukee area. In the background is a ba...
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Cemetery View

Date: 1961
Description: View over fields, looking out from the cemetery.
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August Krueger with the Cows

Date: 1903
Description: August Krueger standing in the cow pasture behind the barn, tending to the cattle during winter. He is holding a pitchfork, with several cows standing behi...
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Oat Harvest

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Description: View across field of a man driving a team of horses in a field harvesting oats in the Fox River Valley.

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