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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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Straub Barn — Interior

Date: 2004
Description: This antique corn sheller is still in working condition in the Straub barn.
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Group Working in Garden

Date: 1920
Description: Children and two women, possibly a school group, work with hand tools in an urban garden. An elevated railroad is in the background, along with the Acme St...
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Dry Cranberry Picking

Date: 
Description: Cranberry pickers in a Wisconsin marsh. The pickers include women and children.
Photograph

Asa Bennett Family

Date: 1903
Description: Asa Curtis Bennett family holding cranberry rakes and other manual farm implements. The family is gathered around an owl standing on the ground in front of...
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Churning Butter

Date: 
Description: Woman using a dasher churn to make butter. She is seated on the stoop of a house and a young girl watches behind her.
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Flooding Street Scene

Date: 1974
Description: "Flooding on Mayville Street."
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Batzler Farm

Date: 08 1983
Description: "Gerald and Grace Batzler with sons, Roger and Thomas, pose in a field dotted with shocks of grain."
Print

Russian McCormick Advertisement

Date: 1912
Description: Front cover of a Russian booklet advertising McCormick agricultural machinery. The cover features an illustration of a woman and child standing in front of...
Postcard

Hops Farming

Date: 1908
Description: Hops farming, most likely in California. Pictured among the large plants and trellises are farm workers, both children and adults. Caption reads: "Hop Pick...
Photograph

Family Posing in front of Farmhouse

Date: 1900
Description: This family decided to make a family portrait with a number of the members doing an activity. On the right a man is wielding an ax, while in front of him a...
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"We are Power Farmers"

Date: 1924
Description: Group portrait of a farmer and five children posing with a sign that reads: We Are Power Farmers Using Fordson Tractor Purchased from Schoelkopf, Authorize...

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