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Bowman Dairy and Farm

Date: 09 14 1932
Description: View across road towards the Bowman dairy and farm on Fish Hatchery Road.
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Wisconsin State Hospital for the Insane

Date: 1872
Description: View of Wisconsin State Hospital for the Insane (Mendota Mental Health Institute).
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Pasture with Brick House and Barns

Date: 1870
Description: A pasture is in the foreground with a brick house, barn and connected outbuildings behind it.
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Abraham C. Martin and Family

Date: 1871
Description: Springfield Township, Dane County (Section 22) corner of Fischer Road and Highway 12, Wi. Abraham C. Martin, a farmer and dairyman with his family in fron...
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Stone Hop House

Date: 1908
Description: Stone Hop House, built by Dr. Taylor on section 27, Northeast corner of the Town of Greenfield.
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Men Loading Brick Silo near Brick Barn

Date: 11 12 1924
Description: Brick barn and silo. Two men are using a 15-30 tractor to power a silo filler.
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Horse at Demonstration Farm

Date: 05 20 1925
Description: A horse is grazing in the front yard of the Oak Lake, Manitoba, Canada demonstration farmhouse. An automobile is parked behind the farmhouse.
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Stone Building on Gebhard Farm

Date: 2004
Description: This ancient Pomeranian-style building, made of bricks and stone, still stands on the Gebhard property.
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Stone Building on the Gross' Property

Date: 2004
Description: This very old Pomeranian-style structure still stands on the Gross property.
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Woman Using Electric Washing Machine

Date: 06 1923
Description: Mrs. J.E. Waggoner passing plaid fabric through a wringer after using an electric washing machine. A washboard is hanging on the wall in the background, an...
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Public School

Date: 1922
Description: Exterior of a schoolhouse with a bell tower and flag pole. In the background is a farm, and fields and hills. A sign on the side of the tower says "1903".
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Dairy Barn

Date: 1905
Description: The dairy barn on the agriculture campus of the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
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Church

Date: 02 1978
Description: Elevated view of the town's elaborate brick church featuring a central steeple.
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Construction Crew on Silo

Date: 1940
Description: Construction crew on Kastenmeier farm. They are standing at the top of a silo they are building. A barn is on the left and a shed is on the right. Names fr...
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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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Seneca Scenic View

Date: 1912
Description: A scenic view over rolling hills with a road leading to the horizon. There are trees, fields and farm buildings on the left. In the foreground on the right...
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Platform Mounds

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Description: View looking uphill towards three platform mounds. The numbers 1, 2, and 3 are written on the photograph in ink. Part of the way up the hill are a small sh...
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Man Shredding Corn Cobs

Date: 12 12 1922
Description: Man shredding corn cobs with a hand-cranked feed mill. He is standing on a wood platform near a the closed double doors to a building. A burlap sack full o...
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Abandoned Milkhouse in DeKalb County

Date: 12 25 2014
Description: An abandoned stone and wood milkhouse sitting in tall grass in a field. Farmhouses and farm buildings are in the distance.
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On a Goat Farm

Date: 05 10 1953
Description: Two goats on a goat farm are standing near two milk cans next to the side of a building.

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