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Dale Farm

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Description: A scrapbook page containing five photographs of John R. Commons and farm labor. The handwriting in the center reads: "Dale Farm with AL and Windy." Caption...
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Woman Pumping Water from Farmhouse Well

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Description: Woman pumping water from a well near the porch of her farmhouse.
Photograph

Woman Cleaning Wooden Floor

Date: 1920
Description: Woman cleaning a wooden floor in an open doorway of her farmhouse with a scrub brush.
Photograph

A Full Dozen

Date: 09 1904
Description: Edgar and Jennie Krueger playfully hunting for eggs.
Photograph

Squash Harvest

Date: 1920
Description: A woman stands amid a patch of squash plants and displays a large squash in Marinette County.
Photograph

Krueger Children Feeding Calves

Date: 04 04 1904
Description: Edgar and Jennie Krueger feeding calves through the barn door.
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Milking the Cows

Date: 1929
Description: A woman runs the milking operation at the G.L. Hamon dairy farm.
Postcard

Farm Family

Date: 1915
Description: Photographic postcard of a farm couple and their daughter posing outdoors in front of a barn.
Photograph

Washing Windows

Date: 01 13 1956
Description: Edna Kern washing the windows outside her house. A cat is lying on the lawn in the foreground.
Photograph

Milking the Cows

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Description: Two men are sitting on stools milking cows in a barnyard within a log fence enclosure. Milking was usually done outside during the 19th century so in this ...
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Boy Feeding Chickens

Date: 1914
Description: A boy is feeding a flock of chickens near a fence and a barn. Two horses are standing inside the open doorway of the barn.
Photograph

Barn Interior at the Farm

Date: 1992
Description: Inside the barn at the Quinney Farm.
Painting

Residence of Mr. Daniel Lewis

Date: 1881
Description: Watercolor painting of farm and farmhouse, residence of Mr. Daniel Lewis.
Painting

View of Jacob Bennett Farm

Date: 1910
Description: Painting of farm depicting farmhouse, barn, and windmill. Located east of Gotham on Old Lone Rock Road.
Photograph

Farm with Windmill

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Description: Farm buildings, including a farmhouse and a windmill.
Photograph

Family in Farmyard

Date: 1900
Description: Three young children are posing around a baby in a buggy in a farmyard. Large stacks of hay are in the background. Behind the children on the right a man i...
Photograph

Horse-Powered Saw

Date: 1925
Description: Photographic illustration of two men cutting wood with a saw powered by horses on a treadmill. The horses and treadmill were added by an artist's drawing.
Photograph

Dutch Farmhouse

Date: 01 21 1924
Description: View across field towards a Dutch farmhouse. A dog is sitting in the foreground, and chickens are running near a building, and a woman is standing under a ...
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Reynolds' Farm Yard

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Description: Marjorie Quinney and Henry and Howard Reynolds stand in front of the Reynold's family farmhouse with two horses and a dog.
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Men and Boy with Kemp Manure Spreader

Date: 1910
Description: Panoramic view of man on horse-drawn Kemp No. 2 20th Century manure spreader. Sitting on the ground on the left is a man and young boy (possibly father and...

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