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Aerial View of Contour Strip Farming

Date: 1958
Description: Aerial view of contour strip farming with the Obert Olstad farm in foreground. The Carl Backum farm is in the background.
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Man on Farmall 560 Tractor

Date: 1958
Description: Farmer on a Farmall 560 tractor with disk harrow pausing to talk to another man in a field in front of a farmhouse.
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Girl and Horses at the Wisconsin State Fair

Date: 1958
Description: A girl sits on a fence and holds the bridle of her horse as its foal stand by.
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Doty Ramp

Date: 1958
Description: Aerial view of the Doty Street parking ramp.
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John Muir Marker

Date: 1958
Description: Historical marker at the site of John Muir's boyhood home, located in the John Muir Memorial Park near Montello. A woman stands next to the marker, and the...
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Three Cows at Water Trough

Date: 1958
Description: Three cows at a water trough on Earl Mark's farm near Williams, Iowa.
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H.L. Bavender with Cows and Dog

Date: 1958
Description: Farmer H.L. Bavender with cows and a dog on his farm.
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Farmall 300 Tractor with Loader and Turkeys

Date: 1958
Description: Farmer Hubert Hill using a Farmall 300 tractor with a front-end loader to control a flock of turkeys. The original caption reads: "Hubert Hill's elevated f...
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Korean Farmer Hauling Wood

Date: 1958
Description: Korean farmer hauling wood for fuel on his back with an "A-frame." Original caption reads: "One ocean away, one century behind, the Korean farmer saddles h...
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Marie Tschirren at Storage Shed

Date: 1958
Description: Marie Tschirren and her young son taking a side of lard from a storage building on their farm in Niedermuhlern, Switzerland. A sign above a farm implement ...
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Tschirren Family Having Lunch in the Field

Date: 1958
Description: Men, women, and children of the Tschirren family having lunch on a wagon in their field. The Tschirrens had a farm in Niedermuhlern, Switzerland.
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Madeline Island Historical Museum

Date: 1958
Description: The Madeline Island Historical Museum behind a "pencil" designed fence.
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State Office Building

Date: 1958
Description: An aerial view of the construction of a new wing on a state office building. Automobiles are parked in a log along Lake Monona.
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Construction of State Office Building

Date: 1958
Description: An aerial view of the contruction of a new wing on the State Office Building.
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Operating Your Tractor, Tractor Safety Cartoon

Date: 1958
Description: A cartoon from an International Harvester operator's manual. The cartoon appears under the heading: "Operating Your Tractor". The cartoon depicts a man ope...
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Aerial View of Eagle Heights

Date: 1958
Description: Aerial View of Eagle Heights Apartments, built especially for married students' housing, under construction on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. ...
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Harley-Davidson Motorcycles

Date: 1958
Description: Two Harley-Davidson motorcycles belonging to Lewis Arms and Charlie Caldwell are parked on the corner of Olin Avenue and Park Street at a gas/service stati...
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Cemetery Visit

Date: 1958
Description: Local historian William F. Wolf visiting the Native American cemetery. In the background is a barn and a silo and other farm buildings.
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Scouts on Patrol, Cuban Revolution

Date: 1958
Description: 26th of July Movement soldiers on patrol in Oriente Province during the Cuban Revolution. One soldier is walking along a dirt road carrying a large automat...
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Widmer Milk Truck

Date: 1958
Description: "Digging out the milk truck in the Breitag Road."

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