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Yahara River

Date: 1908
Description: The Yahara River from Williamson Street with Lake Monona in the background. House & Barn pictured is located at 601 Riverside Drive.
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Ski-Type Windsled

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Description: Enclosed wooden box windsled mounted on three skis, sitting on lake ice near the shore.
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Waiting For Pure Fresh Milk

Date: 1889
Description: Stereograph of a posed scene showing a woman milking a cow as two other women stand waiting at an open barn door. On the left a man at a hand-pump is behin...
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Andrew Amundsen's Farm

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Description: Elevated view of Andrew Amundsen's farm. A man with horses is at a well in the foreground. The well utilizes a well sweep. A barn, house and granary are on...
Painting

Schulz's Farm near Stevens Point in Wisconsin

Date: 1858
Description: Hölzlhuber located this farm at about three German miles from Stevens Point. The region's soil was quite fertile. A wooden dwelling house stood in the mids...
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Homestead on the Chippewa

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Description: Elevated view of a bow in the river, and a homestead on the shore, with a two-story house and a barn. Two wagons are close to the barn in the lower left co...
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Barn and Farmer's House

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Description: Elevated view of barn and farmer's house of John Bass.
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Mirror Lake Bridge Construction

Date: 11 16 1960
Description: Elevated view of the interstate highway bridge construction at Mirror Lake showing the concrete footings halfway down the embankment.
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Livestock Exposition Shampoo

Date: 1959
Description: Competitors in the Southern Wisconsin Junior Livestock Exposition washing their animals outdoors before the judging.
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Jacob Friend Residence

Date: 1910
Description: Jacob E. Friend residence showing the main house, barn, bath house, and boat house on Pine Lake.
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Westport Bridge

Date: 08 07 1945
Description: State Highway 113 bridge over the Yahara River in Westport. The photograph is taken from the south end of the bridge showing the highway going straight ahe...
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General View of Power House Coffer Dam and High Trestle

Date: 07 16 1912
Description: An overview, from the west bank, of the power dam construction site. The high trestle is in the background, and the narrow gauge electric railroad is in th...
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Northeast View of Interior of Power House Coffer Dam

Date: 09 30 1912
Description: Pile drivers working within the confines of the coffer dam. Men are on the high trestle constructing chutes for pouring concrete.
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Elevated View of Power House Coffer Dam

Date: 12 29 1912
Description: Elevated view of the progress within the coffer dam showing concrete forms around the draft tubes and gate guides. The high trestle is seen extending to th...
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Aerial View of River View Cannery

Date: 09 10 1947
Description: Aerial view of the River View Cannery.
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Car on Dirt Road

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Description: Near Lake Minocqua. View of rear of car driving on narrow dirt road lined with trees along lake which is on the right. A barn and silo are on the shoreline...
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Winding Stream

Date: 1933
Description: A landscape view of a winding stream and surrounding croplands. A barn and silo are in the distance.
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Midway Barns, Dairy and Machine Sheds

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Description: View of Midway Barns, the dairy and the machine sheds from across the pond at Taliesin, the summer home of Frank Lloyd Wright and the Taliesin Fellowship. ...
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Southern Wisconsin Farm Scene

Date: 1930
Description: A farm and brook in Southern Wisconsin. Several trees hang over the brook along with a trace of snow.
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University of Wisconsin

Date: 1929
Description: View from the tower of the Congregational Church towards Lake Mendota and the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. Picnic Point is in the center backgro...

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