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Main Street

Date: 1873
Description: Main Street, with its dirt, ruts, cows (and presumably manure), but wide enough for easy hitching of wagons and teams.
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Camp Randall Field

Date: 1906
Description: Elevated view of Camp Randall Field from the top of Bascom Hall, with University Heights in the background. A crowd is in the stands at the stadium, and a ...
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Village Across Pond

Date: 1875
Description: A view of the village from a nearby bluff across a pond. Men, women and children, standing spaced apart, are posing in the field near the pond.
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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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Farmstead with McCormick Binder in Field

Date: 1900
Description: Scenic view of rural farmstead with horse-drawn McCormick grain binder and wagon in field in front of farmhouse.
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Winding Farm Road

Date: 05 12 1963
Description: Winding farm road and distant farm with tree-covered hill in the background.
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Farm with Old Tractor

Date: 09 07 1964
Description: Farm buildings in the Coulee country, with old tractor in foreground.
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Early Morning at Railroad Crossing

Date: 10 03 1960
Description: Early morning at a railroad crossing on County Highway A, with houses and a barn in the distance.
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Old Ford Automobile in Farmyard

Date: 07 07 1962
Description: An old Ford automobile sitting in a farmyard, as viewed from the rear. There is a farmhouse in the background.
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Terminal Moraine

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Description: Looking east at Terminal Moraine topography. View is down a dirt road with a house in the near background.
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Donald Shepard Residence

Date: 06 16 1963
Description: Garden, entrance to swimming pool, and pavilion at the Donald Shepard residence, originally the Smith house, built by the son of the founder of the Menasha...
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Two Buildings and Farm Equipment

Date: 07 1941
Description: Two buildings, perhaps outhouses, and farm equipment in the vicinity of Crandon.
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Man in Garden

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Description: A man stands in an unidentified garden gesturing upwards towards a topiary tree.
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Amund Rustebakke Farm

Date: 1873
Description: View across field towards the Amund Rustebakke farm. Twelve haystacks dominate the left and center of the image, and two people are standing on top of the ...
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Landscape View and Farm

Date: 1873
Description: View down a rocky hill towards a split-rail fence bordering a prosperous farm. The low building in the center is the kind of cattle shed settlers built as ...
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Wisconsin Farm

Date: 1873
Description: Three people are posing in the foreground, with a man with a long beard standing in front of two women sitting in a horse-drawn carriage. There is a barn a...
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Primrose Landscape

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Description: View over trees towards a farm and fields, possibly those of G. Tollefson.
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Livestock Grazing

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Description: View down hill towards sheep, horses and dairy cattle grazing in a pasture in the foreground. Men and women are posing among the farm animals in the field....
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Farm near Stream

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Description: View from hill over a valley dotted with farmsteads and a meandering stream in the foreground. A group of three or four people are posing at the opposite s...
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Man in Field

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Description: A man with a beard and wearing a hat is standing in the foreground in a clover field. A cornfield is just beyond the clover field, and beyond is a barn on ...

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