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| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | Photograph of a painting by Cal Peters depicting construction of the first Fort Crawford at Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin in 1816. In the painting, several o... |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | Replica of Eleazer William's original log cabin, with trees and a dirt road, five miles south of De Pere on the west bank of the Fox River. |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | Church, several houses and field from a hill. |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | Aerial view of Taliesin, Frank Lloyd Wright's residence and architectural school complex. Taliesin is located in the vicinity of Spring Green, Wisconsin. |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | Colsac Ferry across the Wisconsin River at Merrimac. There is a bridge across the river in the background on the left. |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | Customers standing outside the small bar are probably waiting to take the ferry across the river. |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | A farmer standing near a tractor amidst turkeys at Reif Turkey Farm. The original caption reads: "Mr. Glenn Reif uses Farmall H for general farm work, belt... |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | Farmhouse with several barns, a silo, and a windmill surrounded by fields and a bright, cloud strewn sky. |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | A man uses a McCormick-Deering Farmall M tractor with a Number 8 bottom plow to work in a field. |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | Rear view of a man using a McCormick-Deering Farmall M tractor with a Number 8 bottom plow to do field work on a hillside. Farm buildings are in the backgr... |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | A man changes the tire of a Davidson Transfer & Storage Company truck on the side of a road. The vehicles shown include an International Model D-15 servic... |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | The William Langenbaw farm, viewed against a cloud-filled sky. |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | A barn, windmill and shed on the grounds of The Farm Kitchen, a restaurant near Baraboo and Devil's Lake State Park. Stones line a parking area, and a swin... |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | A group of 14 hunters poses in front of seven field dressed deer which hang from a rack made of metal pipe. There is a barn in the far background, left, an... |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | One-story house with a stone chimney in the woods. |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | Cover of an advertising brochure for McCormick-Deering combines (harvester-threshers). Includes the text: "McCormick-Deering Combines for every farm and ev... |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | Cover of an advertising brochure for "McCormick-Deering Hammer and Roughage Mills / Corn Shellers, Feed grinders." Includes a photograph of a field with co... |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | Cover of an advertising brochure for McCormick-Deering tractor mowers. Features two photographs of farmers pulling mowers with Farmall tractors. Original c... |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | Cover of an advertising catalog for tillage tools, featuring a photo of a man in a field with a Farmall M tractor and a disk harrow. Also includes the text... |
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