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Experimental No. 51 Hillside Harvester-Thresher

Date: 1932
Description: Experimental McCormick-Deering No. 51 hillside harvester-thresher (combine). Original caption reads: "This machine had no recleaner but featured a self-lev...
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Warehouse

Date: 1932
Description: View of multiple old warehouses on the levee. Boats are pulled up on the slope in the foreground.
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Mercer Tourist Park, Lakeshore View

Date: 1932
Description: View from the shoreline at Mercer Tourist Park showing people on the dock and floating rafts in the lake.
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Cabins at Star Lake Lodge

Date: 1932
Description: Two log cabins are visible through the trees at the Star Lake Lodge.
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Log Cabin in the Woods

Date: 1932
Description: Exterior view of a large, one-story log cabin. There are many windows on the front facade and a stone chimney. A line of birch trees is in the foreground.
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Aerial View of Town

Date: 1932
Description: Aerial view of town looking down from hill lined with trees. In the foreground railroad tracks cross a road. A church building and numerous dwellings are a...
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Boy with Sheep

Date: 1932
Description: Gilbert Harvey, wearing a cap and bib overalls, standing in an open pasture with the sheep he raised as a 4-H project.
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Sawmill

Date: 1932
Description: A steam tractor provides power for a portable sawmill owned by Jake Karken. The large sawblade is still as men pose for the photographer. There is a team o...
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New Fane School

Date: 1932
Description: Thirteen students and their teacher, Marie Adams, pose at the side of the New Fane School. They are wearing coats and hats. The school is a singe-story bri...
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Wisconsin River

Date: 1932
Description: A view, looking west, from the bridge over the Wisconsin River at Lone Rock. A ledge has been cut into the bluff on the left to accommodate County Highway ...
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Esther Peterson

Date: 1932
Description: Esther Peterson, a student at Mud Branch School, District No. 2, poses leaning against a tree on a hill while holding a baseball bat. There is a road and f...
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Violet Jacobson

Date: 1932
Description: Violet Jacobson, a student at Mud Branch School, District No. 2, poses on her family's farm with several calves. There is a barn and two other outbuildings...
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Theodore Vinger Farm

Date: 1932
Description: The Theodore Vinger farmstead sits on gently rolling terrain. A painted sign on the large barn identifies the owner. At the time of the photograph, Martin ...
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Cheese Factory

Date: 1932
Description: View up road towards two men posing near the front of a cheese factory on a small hill; on the right a woman and two girls stand near a side door. Typical ...
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Hofseth Farm

Date: 1932
Description: View down hill towards a barn on the Magnus Hofseth farm. Two cars are parked near the house. The barn has a gambrel roof and wooden ventilator. The loft d...
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Bhends, Bruetzmans, and Kruegers

Date: 1932
Description: Outdoor group portrait of the Bhends and Kruegers on the Krueger farm. From left to right Edgar, Edna, Alexander, and Florentina Krueger, Ernst Bruetzman (...
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Kruegers, Bruetzmans, and Bhends

Date: 1932
Description: Outdoor group portrait of the Kruegers, Bruetzmans, and Bhends on the Krueger Farm. The women are kneeling on the ground, while the men are standing behind...
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Rustic Bridge

Date: 1932
Description: View of a footbridge over a stream in the woods. Caption reads: "Rustic Bridge, Menomonie, Wis."
Postcard

Main Street

Date: 1932
Description: Caption reads: Main Street, Soldiers Grove, Wis." The main street of a small town with businesses on each side. Automobiles and trucks are parked at the cu...

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