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Photograph

G. Gullockson Farmstead

Date: 1876
Description: View, from above, of what may be the G. Gullockson farmstead. A frame house is in the left foreground, with a large group of men, women and children standi...
Photograph

Farm Adjacent to Rural Lane

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Description: Farm adjacent to a rural lane. Dairy, beef cattle, sheep and horses are inside a snake or split-rail enclosure. Behind them is an end-loaded barn with a ta...
Painting

Residence of Mr. Martin Lutscher

Date: 1875
Description: Seifert's watercolor is fairly large, measuring 27" wide by 21" high, and provides a detailed depiction of a nineteenth century Wisconsin farm. The small s...
Photograph

Nelson Dewey Farm

Date: 1900
Description: Nelson Dewey farm, showing the house built on the site after Dewey's death. The original house built by Dewey burned in 1873.
Photograph

Small Ranch

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Description: View down hill toward a small ranch with log buildings. Horse-drawn carriages are on the dirt road near cattle around the ranch.
Photograph

Stock Days

Date: 1910
Description: Elevated view of Stock Days. Horses and wagons loaded with livestock are lined up in a row on the snowy street. On the right is a train decorated with Amer...
Photograph

Stock Day

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Description: Elevated view of horses and wagons on the road at Stock Day. There is a cattle pen in the foreground.
Photograph

Hogs at Feeding Time

Date: 10 12 1895
Description: Forty-nine hogs at feeding time on the farm of William Miller. The hogs are eleven-months old and weigh approximately 260 lbs each. A wagon and horse team ...
Photograph

Bird's-Eye View

Date: 1920
Description: View from low hill of a stream flowing through fields. There are cows in the pasture on the right. In the distance is a bridge, road, and buildings.
Photograph

Farm of Chris Klein near Phillips, Price County

Date: 1895
Description: The front (top) and back (bottom) of a promotional card created to attract farmers to the agricultural land in northern Wisconsin. The card features an ima...
Postcard

Busy Road near Blanchardville

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Description: Elevated photographic postcard view of a busy road near Blanchardville. Men are driving a wagon hitched to eight horses, and people are standing in the roa...
Book or Pamphlet

Massey-Harris Company Catalog Covers

Date: 1893
Description: Front and back cover of binder catalog. The front cover has a color illustration of a young boy making a crude drawing on a wall of a horse-drawn binder wi...
Photograph

Man Using Horse-Drawn Mower in Field

Date: 1900
Description: Three-quarter view from left rear of a man using a horse-drawn binder in a field. In the background on the left is a herd of cows. In the background on the...
Photograph

Man with Horse-Drawn Corn Binder

Date: 1900
Description: View down dirt road towards a man posing on a horse-drawn corn binder. Behind the binder further down the road is a horse-drawn buggy. On the left along th...
Map or Atlas

Mrs. C.E. Packman Farm

Date: 1878
Description: An etching of the farm and residence of Mrs. C.E. Packman and her son.
Map or Atlas

Flouring Mill of John Ochsner

Date: 1877
Description: A page from an illustrated historical atlas showing four residences, a hotel and the flouring mill of John Ochsner.
Print

"Walnut Grove" — Homestead of the McCormick Family

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Description: View of Walnut Grove. Caption reads: "'Walnut Grove' — Homestead of the McCormick Family, Rockbridge Co., VA." In the foreground men are working to harvest...

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