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Aerial View of Woods Manor on Madeline Island

Date: 1938
Description: Aerial view looking down over the lawn and wood shingle lakeshore home, Woods Manor, a part of Nebraska Row on Madeline Island. In the distance is Lake Sup...
Photograph

Street Scene with Billboards

Date: 1920
Description: A man stands near the backs of billboards on the left along a street or alley. Power lines lead to the horizon, over what appear to be businesses or indust...
Photograph

Bentert Farm

Date: 05 1900
Description: View of the farm buildings of Mrs. H. Bentert. A dog is sitting in a field in the foreground, and three people are standing near the house.
Photograph

Group of People in Front of Log Buildings

Date: 
Description: Group portrait of a man, woman, and four children posing standing in front of a wooden fence. On the far left is a horse pulling a small buggy, a young gir...
Photograph

Leisy's Brewery Delivery Truck

Date: 09 20 1935
Description: A man unloading beer barrels from the bed of an International truck owned by Leisy's Brewery.
Photograph

Neighborhood House Boys Club Woodworking

Date: 1926
Description: Group of boys working on various woodworking projects: sawing, hammering, and marking. A man in a shirt and tie is talking to one of the boys in the backgr...
Magazine or Periodical

The American Velocipede

Date: 1886
Description: Engraved image from a sketch by Theodore Davis showing four men bicycling.
Photograph

Cottages at Atcheson's Resort

Date: 1930
Description: View of resort cottages near a lake. A group of vacationers are sitting on the lawn and porch. A birdhouse on a tall post is among trees on the right. Hill...
Photograph

Ohnstein Cottage

Date: 1931
Description: View from water of a child playing near a playpen on the lawn of a one and one-half story cottage on a slope along the shore of a lake. There is a stone se...
Historical Object

Wisconsin Thematic Panel 55-61

Date: 
Description: Way back in the soft center of hard times
did not their resistance to change in the sentiment
make some sense

What could take the place of the...
Photograph

Birdhouse

Date: 1932
Description: A rustic birdhouse with four separate entrances is displayed on a tree stump with gnarled bark. On the reverse of the photograph is written "Prize bird hou...
Postcard

Nelson Dewey State Park at Cassville, Wis.

Date: 
Description: Photographic postcard view of the Nelson Dewey home at Nelson Dewey State Park. A birdhouse is in the foreground on the right. Caption reads: "Nelson Dewey...
Photograph

Woman Examining a Birdhouse

Date: 1922
Description: Mrs. Parks examining a birdhouse.
Photograph

Beekeeper Weighing Small Hive on Birdhouse

Date: 09 18 1981
Description: A beekeeper, wearing a bee suit, including gloves, and a hat with a veil, is crouching down and weighing a beehive that is attached to a birdhouse.
Photograph

Cozy Nook Cottages at "Wee Hoose" Service Station

Date: 1929
Description: Two small guest cottages on the side of a road. A well is on the right, and a birdhouse is on the left near a bench. The White House hotel is across the ro...
Photograph

Beehives in Open-Sided Shed

Date: 
Description: Stereograph of beehives housed in a raised open-sided shed with decorative finials at each end of the roof, scroll-style roof ridge molding, and a painted ...
Book or Pamphlet

C. Aultman & Co. Catalog Cover

Date: 1883
Description: C. Aultman & Co. catalog cover and back cover. On the front is a shock of wheat, a bird and a butterfly, and on the bottom a farm landscape. On the back co...
Photograph

August Krueger with Twin Calves

Date: 04 1906
Description: August Krueger standing next to two twin calves attached to each other with a toy yoke. A string is attached to the yoke and August is holding the other en...
Photograph

August Krueger with the Cows

Date: 1903
Description: August Krueger standing in the cow pasture behind the barn, tending to the cattle during winter. He is holding a pitchfork, with several cows standing behi...
Photograph

Krueger Family Farm

Date: 1908
Description: View across field from the south east of the Krueger farm, which includes farm buildings, fences, a farmhouse and a windmill.

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