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Michael Baltus Family in Front of New Home

Date: 1895
Description: Michael Baltus family posing in front of their log cabin two miles east of Auburndale Station, Wood County, with a new frame house under construction nearb...
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Peter Lagacy Family

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Description: The family of French-Canadian immigrant Peter Lagacy, posing with produce, including a large cabbage, potatoes, and carrots, in front of their log farm hom...
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Quammen Family Farm

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Description: View of the Quammen family farm with a man in the foreground standing in a field. Behind him and across the field is an upright and wing frame house with w...
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Farm with Poplars

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Description: Elevated view of a group of people standing in in a farmyard with a reaper-mower and horse-drawn vehicles. A small log building, haystacks and other farm b...
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Family and Farmstead

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Description: A family stands in a field with a farmstead behind them. The farmstead buildings include a hops drying shed with a large round chimney, small log structure...
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Farm Painting

Date: 1885
Description: Painting of Paul Seifert farm showing rock formations in background and farm buildings nearby.
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Dipping Cattle at Sandy Coulee

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Description: Elevated view from hill of cattle in fenced areas. Horses and wagonsare on the left, along with a small log building with a smoking chimney. In the foregro...
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C.C. Washburn Homestead

Date: 08 02 1895
Description: Two men stand waist-high in the cabbage, pea, and oat fields of the C.C. Washburn homestead, twelve miles southwest of Florence. Wooden houses or outbuildi...
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Onion Fields of John Hass

Date: 07 31 1895
Description: Chas B. Howe standing in his garden, holding cabbages, beets, onions, and turnips. The garden is located on the farm of John Hass, with 1.5 acres of onions...
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Grain Stacks

Date: 09 09 1895
Description: View across field of two men leaning against an enormous stack of grain on the farm of August Schmidt. There are many more stacks of grain leading into the...
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Farm of Henry Hoff

Date: 1895
Description: View from field of home and farm of Henry Hoff. Men and women stand on the porch of the large brick house. Beyond the house is a small log barn, dwarfed by...
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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...
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People in Farmyard with Hogs

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Description: Elevated view of four men and three women posing standing among farm buildings behind a group of hogs and piglets rooting among stumps. Scrubby trees are i...
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Solon R. Walbridge and Cabin

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Description: View across a cornfield towards a cabin and farm. A man is standing in the shade of a tree. A cone-shaped hill is in the background. Caption reads: "Pionee...
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Vegetable Farm

Date: 05 2019
Description: View of the vegetable garden at a vegetable farm outside of Palmer. There is a barn and a log structure in the background.
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Slave Cabin — Walnut Grove

Date: 05 09 1938
Description: View towards the front and right side of the slave cabin built of chinked logs with a peaked roof. Steps lead up to the door, and a small window is on the ...
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Slave Cabin — Walnut Grove

Date: 08 04 1938
Description: View towards the front of the slave cabin built of chinked logs with a peaked roof. Steps lead up to the closed door, and a small window is on the left. Th...
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Slave Cabin — Walnut Grove

Date: 08 04 1938
Description: View towards side of slave log cabin which has a small window. Steps are on the end of the building on the left. An exterior stone chimney is on the end of...

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