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Farmer with Walking Planter

Date: 1925
Description: Farmer in a field walking behind a P&O planter drawn by a mule. There is an automobile on a road near a house behind a fence in the background.
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Peneil Church

Date: 1925
Description: Peneil Church with a car parked in front, and a monument on the right.
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Site of Old Helena Marker

Date: 1925
Description: View of a marker commemorating Old Helena.
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Washington Island

Date: 1925
Description: Washington Island, including field and fence, with buildings, automobiles, and a large ship in the distance.
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Olin Park Tourist Camp

Date: 1925
Description: The Olin Park tourist campground on the shore of Lake Monona in Madison.
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Skavlem Monument

Date: 1925
Description: The Skavlem monument, dedicated to the "oldest Norwegian immigrant", born 1760, died 1841.
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Portrait of Blackhawk and Louisa Mike

Date: 1925
Description: Full-length studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of a Ho-Chunk couple, Blackhawk (KaRaChooSepMeKah), and his wife Louisa Mike (HumpACooWinKah). B...
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Bathing Beauties on a Car

Date: 1925
Description: Mary Brandel and a friend sit on the front of a car. They are wearing bathing suits. A road and fence are on the left.
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Site of Holton Tavern

Date: 1925
Description: A car and driver stop on a country road near Mt. Horeb at the site of the Holton Tavern. A windmill and tree stand on the site and there is debris at the ...
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Stone House

Date: 1925
Description: A stone house with a small front porch and balcony stands beside another stone building on the left. There are milk cans and chickens in front of the house...
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The Old Mill

Date: 1925
Description: Three-story stone mill built in 1847 by J.C. Sherwood. Many panes of glass in the twelve over twelve windows are broken and the roof over the loading dock ...
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Men with Cream Separator

Date: 1925
Description: A man is emptying a pail into a Number 4 electric cream separator in a shed on the farm of John Doanan. Mr. Doanan is standing with a pail in the foregroun...
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Family Camping

Date: 1925
Description: A Native American (possibly Ho-Chunk) family rests at their campsite under a large tree. There is a bucket suspended over a small campfire.
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Cornfield

Date: 1925
Description: Corn shocks stand in a field with several pumpkins on the ground. There is a stream or river along the field, and in the background is a bridge over a dam...
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Farm Scene

Date: 1925
Description: A farm scene with a fence and gate, and milk can in the foreground. In the background is a large barn with a stone foundation, with a man walking nearby.
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Cattle Grazing under the Pine Trees at Bessie Tift College

Date: 1925
Description: Cattle grazing amidst the trees.
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Silos across River

Date: 1925
Description: Two large clay block silos stand beside a river. There is a large building, possibly a mill, behind the silos, a barn to the right and a shed on the left. ...
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Young Children at the Park

Date: 1925
Description: Young children playing at the park. Original caption reads: "Beacon playground — about 800 daily attendance. Splendid arrangement of playground and athleti...
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Woman with Parasol on Front Lawn of Farmhouse

Date: 1925
Description: View of a woman posing holding a parasol while sitting on the front lawn of a farmhouse on an International Harvester demonstration farm. Other people are ...
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Oak Lake Farm

Date: 1925
Description: View from across road of a farmhouse and two outbuildings on an IH demonstration farm at Oak Lake. A dirt road runs past the farm and a cornfield is in the...

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