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Barn Raising

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Description: Barn raising. The foundation is constructed from local fieldstone or "pudding stone," found in the nearby fields. A large group of men are is posing holdin...
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Farm and Rural Homestead

Date: 1890
Description: Bucolic scene in Wisconsin illustrates agricultural prosperity after the depression.
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Group in front of Building

Date: 1898
Description: Old, bearded man and younger woman sitting in front of the corner of a wood outbuilding surrounded by four young children. A young boy is standing at his m...
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Barn Raising

Date: 1900
Description: Group portrait of a large group of workers, along with women, children, and dogs, posing on the frame of the barn they are building.
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Family in front of Hans Kjorstad Residence

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Description: View of group posing on the lawn in front of a two-story frame house. Four men in the background on the left are standing near two teams of horses; three m...
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Boy with Delivery Wagon

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Description: Boy posing standing next to a delivery wagon pulled by a single horse. Marked on side "Tel. 76" and a box of "Saxon Oats" in the wagon.
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Men Threshing

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Description: View across fence towards a crew of twenty men posing sitting or standing on a threshing machine and a steam tractor.
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Man with Two Horses

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Description: Man posing with two horses in a farmyard. Fences and farm buildings are in the background. A tower on the far right may be a windmill.
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Harness Horse

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Description: Harness horse of either a trotter or pacer breed, possibly named "Beaver Dam". Abe Bailey's barn is off to the left, and the Langlois-Gulfston Funeral Home...
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Man with Race Horse

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Description: Man preparing to halter a race horse. They are standing near a fence, and in the background are buildings and people.
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Men Displaying Horses

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Description: Men displaying horses. The man in the center is probably John Meek. Buildings are along the opposite side of the street.
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Man Displaying Horse

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Description: Man (partially obscured) standing on the left holding lead attached to the bridle of a draft horse stallion with a white blaze. They are standing on an unp...
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Man Training Horse

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Description: Man training a horse on a rope line in a farmyard.
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Man with Race Horse

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Description: Man in a sulky, probably Eugene Greenlee, the Superintendent of Water Works, possibly pulled by a race horse.
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Man with Racehorse

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Description: Man posing in a sulky, probably Eugene Greenlee, the Superintendent of Water Works, possibly pulled by a race horse. Note the solid tires. When pneumatic t...
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Man with Racehorse

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Description: Man in a sulky posing at the racetrack, probably Moses Pauquette. There is an open-sided building in the background, perhaps a grandstand.
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Man with Racehorse

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Description: Man in a racing rig with a harnessed horse on the northwest corner of Harrison and Third Street. There is a barn behind them.
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Man with Racehorse

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Description: Man in a sulky. The harnessing indicates that the horse is a pacer. The sulky is the type with pneumatic tires and ball bearings.
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Two Girls Sitting in Automobile

Date: 1909
Description: Two girls posed inside an automobile, probably a Model-T Ford.
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Two Girls Sitting in Automobile

Date: 1909
Description: Two girls posed inside an automobile, probably a Model-T Ford.

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