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Tobacco Field

Date: 08 24 1929
Description: A farmer is standing in a tobacco field, with crop ready to harvest. Farm buildings are in the background.
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Bluff Scenery

Date: 1924
Description: Long view of bluffs with a fence and a farm in the foreground.
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Farmer Harvesting Grain with Horse-Drawn Reaper

Date: 1899
Description: Rear view of farmer harvesting grain near woodline with a self-rake reaper drawn by two horses.
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Valley with Grain Field

Date: 07 12 1964
Description: Elevated view of valley with strip-planted grain field.
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Newly Plowed Field and Tractor

Date: 05 20 1962
Description: A tractor parked in a newly plowed corner of a field.
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Field with Wagon Tracks and Fence

Date: 09 10 1961
Description: Several fields containing wagon tracks along the side of a fence, in the vicinity of Highway P.
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Woman Sidesaddle on Horse

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Description: Woman posing sitting sidesaddle on a horse in a field. In the background are low hills.
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Portage Canal

Date: 1900
Description: View down Portage Canal, with trees and open land on either side.
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Man in Field

Date: 10 1946
Description: Man (Mr. Goodyear?) holding a muskmelon in an agricultural field.
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The Sauk Prairie

Date: 1892
Description: A view of the Sauk Prairie looking south. From the left are the photographer's brother, Frank Bass; Mrs. Edward (Ada Burlingame) Bass and her daughter, Eve...
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Women and Young Girl Leaning on Fence

Date: 1897
Description: Ada Bass, the photographer's wife, leaning against a fence, next to daughter Everetta Bass as a young girl, along a dirt road. The photographer's sister, R...
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Horse-Drawn Hay Rake

Date: 07 20 1921
Description: Man operating a horse-drawn hay rake. Two boys and a man in the background are piling the cut hay.
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Spray Bar on a Tractor

Date: 09 26 1947
Description: Man on tractor in field using a spray bar that was fabricated by Kupfer Foundry and Iron Works, Inc., 101-149 Waubesa Street.
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HM-110-L Cotton Picker on Farmall H Tractor

Date: 1946
Description: HM-110-L cotton picker attached to a Farmall H tractor in a cotton field. A man is sitting at the wheel of the tractor.
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View from Carriage

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Description: A view from a carriage pulled by a two-horse team. The carriage is moving down the road, towards a group of women.
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Women in Field

Date: 1900
Description: Two women wearing large hats stand in a field carrying a pail. Farm buildings are in the far background.
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Rural Scene with Field, Homes, and Horse-Drawn Binder

Date: 1900
Description: Several farmhouses and farm buildings are located near each other in a rural setting. A field with corn(?) and lettuce(?) is in the foreground. A man is op...
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Harvesting Reed Canary Grass

Date: 1934
Description: Man wearing a hat and standing in shoulder-high field of Reed Canary Grass. A swatch of grass in the foreground has been cut.
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Ho-Chunk and European-American Group in a Field

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Description: Several Ho-Chunk and European American men, women, and children standing and kneeling in a field. Probably picking cranberries at Gebhardt's nursery. A lar...
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Indian Village Site

Date: 1907
Description: A well-dressed man stands on barren, sandy soil identified as an Indian village site near Okee. Near him the soil is stained darker than the surrounding ar...

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