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Main Street in Alma Center

Date: 1908
Description: Main Street in Alma Center.
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St. Matthews Church

Date: 1908
Description: View down street toward St. Matthews Church and surrounding buildings. Pedestrians and dogs are walking on the street and sidewalks. Caption reads: "St. Ma...
Postcard

Tall-tale Postcard: Giant Corn Cob

Date: 1908
Description: Photomontage of two men riding a giant ear of corn resting on a large, flatbed horse-drawn cart. The driver is standing on the corn, preparing to whip the ...
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Tall-tale Postcard: Potatoes Grow Big in Our State

Date: 1908
Description: Photomontage of a man, wearing overalls, sitting on a mound of giant potatoes resting on a flatbed horse-drawn cart. The man is sitting sideways, holding t...
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Cowboys and Cowgirls on Horses

Date: 1908
Description: Elevated view of men and women on horseback in a strem. On the shoreline at the right is a horse-drawn carriage . Trees are further down the shoreline, and...
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Henry Getto Family

Date: 1908
Description: Left to right, Maria, Fred, Oscar, and Alma Getto standing in a field. Henry Getto is in a horse-drawn wagon in the background.
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Man Standing with Two Mules

Date: 1908
Description: A man holding the bridles of two mules stands near a farm building and a large round water basin.
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Transporting Wagon and Work Horses over Water

Date: 1908
Description: Men, women and children transporting horses and a loaded wagon across a river on a ferry.
Postcard

Logging

Date: 1908
Description: Colorized postcard of loggers posing with logs piled on horse-drawn sleds. Caption reads: "Logging, Athens, Wis."
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Dane County Telephone Company Wagon

Date: 1908
Description: Dane County Telephone Co. horse-drawn service and installation wagon. The Wisconsin State Capitol is in the background. “Dad” Schroeder and Oscar Quale are...
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Telephone Company Workmen

Date: 1908
Description: Photographic postcard of telephone company workmen erecting telephone pole with a horse-drawn derrick.
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View of Lodde's Mill

Date: 1908
Description: Lodde's mill and surroundings, west of Sauk City.
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The First House in Kennedy

Date: 1908
Description: Group posed in front of the first house built in Kennedy.
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Krueger Family Farm

Date: 1908
Description: View across field from the south east of the Krueger farm, which includes farm buildings, fences, a farmhouse and a windmill.
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Flora Fels Weege on Horseback

Date: 1908
Description: Flora Fels Weege sitting on top of a horse holding a rifle. She is wearing a men's suit, a hat, and a belt holding ammunition.
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Flora Fels Weege Riding a Horse

Date: 1908
Description: Flora Fels Weege sitting on a white horse while wearing a man's suit, hat, and a belt containing ammunition. She has a rifle propped in her right arm.
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Spreading Manure

Date: 1908
Description: Alexander and August Krueger loading manure into a Litchfield manure spreader. Alexander is sitting on the spreader holding the reins of the three-horse te...
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Stacking Grain

Date: 1908
Description: Alexander and August Krueger stacking grain. Alexander is standing on top of a tall pile of hay on a wagon, piling grain on the stack, while August is stan...
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Deering Binder Cutting Grain

Date: 1908
Description: The Alexander Krueger family posing with a Deering Binder being pulled by a three-horse team through a field. Florentina, Jennie, and Alexander are standin...
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Posing on Horses

Date: 1908
Description: Jennie, Edgar, and Alexander Krueger posing bareback on horses. They are lined up to face the left, spaced in a row. The horses are wearing horse collars, ...

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