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Family with Farm Animals near Barn

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Description: Family and animals, including horses and cattle with some apparent shorthorn markings, near the barn. Behind the group of two women and four children is a ...
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Farmyard with Barn and Log Outbuilding

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Description: A family is in a farmyard with wagons, horses and implements. A barn with a cupola is behind them. Behind the barn is a log outbuilding with a straw roof.
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Men on Horses in Barnyard

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Description: Two men are on horseback near a man sitting on a dump rake in a barnyard with the barn in the background. Another man is standing near a horse on the right...
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People on Wagon in front of Barn

Date: 1878
Description: People are sitting in a horse-drawn wagon and standing next to farm machinery, including a dump rake and a hay mower. A barn is behind them.
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Boy and Men in Field with Rake Reaper

Date: 1873
Description: A boy and three men are in a field in the foreground with a manual rake reaper and other harvesting tools. Various farmstead buildings, a fence and Lombard...
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Halvor Nerison Hauge's Farm

Date: 1874
Description: People in a field standing around a mower, with a farmstead and windmill in background, looking west. Halvor Nerison Hauge (1830-1906) purchased the farm i...
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Family Standing near their Barn

Date: 1870
Description: A family stands in front of a barn. Beside them are cattle, horses, a wagon and a manual rake reaper.
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Men in Farmyard with Farm Implements

Date: 1873
Description: Four men stand with a scythe, hoe and pitchfork in the yard of a farmhouse. By the porch of the house are three women. The wood frame house has a stone fou...
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Men on Chimneys

Date: 1874
Description: A unusual scene on an unidentified farmstead probably located near Pleasant Springs, Wisconsin. A family is posed in the yard of a frame house, as is usual...
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Group of People Posed Along Storefronts

Date: 1900
Description: Large group of people posed in commercial area on a wooden sidewalk. Leigeois Bar, Implement Store, and Blacksmith Shop. Joseph Leigeois is shown in the fo...
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Steger Barn — Exterior

Date: 2004
Description: Kevin and Debbie Steger took over the farm from Kevin's parents, Jerome and LaVerna, who acquired the farm in 1943.
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Justman Silo and Farm Buildings

Date: 2004
Description: Ronald E. and Alice Justman, and son, Jeff, were photographed at N9341 Hwy 175 (Section 3).
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Giese Barn — Exterior

Date: 2004
Description: Frieda Giese and her son, Lyle, live at 1946 Hochheim Rd (Section 32). Frieda has lived here since 1940.
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Straub Barn — Interior

Date: 2004
Description: This antique corn sheller is still in working condition in the Straub barn.
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Men with Wagon

Date: 1909
Description: Two men standing by the wheel of a wooden horse-drawn wagon while another man is standing behind wooden bars on the wagon bed. A barn, additional buildings...
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People Posing in front of Wooden Building

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Description: Group portrait of five men, and a woman holding a baby, standing in front of a large, two-story wooden building, possibly a farm implement or feed store. A...
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Pea Viner

Date: 1924
Description: A group of farmers, including women and children, pose in front of a pea processing plant.
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Group of People in Front of Frame House and Farm Buildings

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Description: A group of people are posing om the yard in front of a house. A man on the left is wearing a hat and overalls and is displaying a horse. Next to him are st...
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General Merchandise Store

Date: 1909
Description: Six men, a young boy and a woman stand outside on the porch and road in front of the General Store. There is a sign for "Star Brand Shoes" posted on the ro...
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Threshing Crew

Date: 1900
Description: Group of seven men, each holding a pitchfork, standing in a yard. Front row, left to right: Herman Bentert, Herman Riebe, Henry Burchardt. Back row, left ...

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