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Reaping Scene

Date: 1879
Description: Three men taking a break during harvesting. Their horse-drawn reaper raked the grain into rows as it cut. In the background are various farmstead buildings...
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Completed Power House and Dam

Date: 02 28 1915
Description: Elevated view, looking east, of the power house, lock, and dam on the Wisconsin River.
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Framework of a Barn

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Description: Four men work on the framework of a barn.
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Group Posed at Barn Raising

Date: 1891
Description: Large group of people posed in, on and around the frame of a barn at a barn raising. A smaller building is in the background on the left. Cultivated fields...
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Barn Raising

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Description: Barn raising, showing the stone foundation and timbers stacked in a pile in the foreground. A smaller building is on the left behind the tower support for ...
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Barn Raising

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Description: Group of men working on a barn raising, showing some of the workers up on the frame securing the timbers, and other workers carrying more timbers into posi...
Postcard

Workmen Building a Shed

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Description: Photographic postcard of workmen posing with a partially built shed or corn crib. One man in sitting on the roof timbers. Two wagons with lumber are parked...
Postcard

Hole for Silo

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Description: The hole for the new silo on the William Fiebelkorn farm. A pole marks the center. There is a barn on the left with a stone foundation. In the background a...
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Barn Raising

Date: 1931
Description: Men building a new barn for the Krueger family. The framework, foundation, and part of the siding are put up.
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House Under Construction at Walnut Grove

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Description: View across field towards men working on a brick building under construction. Scaffolding is set up around the building, and frames for the roof are expose...
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House Under Construction at Walnut Grove

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Description: View towards a brick building under construction with the frames for the roof exposed. The corner of another building is on the right.
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House Under Construction at Walnut Grove

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Description: View across field towards a brick building under construction. Frames for the roof are exposed. A man is working inside one of the arched window frames.
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Tail Race — Walnut Grove

Date: 03 26 1938
Description: Handwritten on back: "Lower end of tail race." The Blacksmith Shop is on the far left, and the reconstruction of the mill is just behind it. In the center ...
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Mill Building — Walnut Grove

Date: 03 26 1938
Description: Two men are looking toward the back of the mill building which is on the right. Behind the man on the right is the Blacksmith Shop. In the distance are fen...
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Slave Cabin — Walnut Grove

Date: 03 26 1938
Description: View towards front and right side of the log building with peaked roof and brick chimney. The front has a door and window opening, and another window in th...
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Slave Cabin — Walnut Grove

Date: 03 26 1938
Description: View towards side of cabin, which has a door and window opening in the log structure. Scaffolding is set up around the building, and tools and building mat...
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Mill Building — Walnut Grove

Date: 03 26 1938
Description: Three men are working on the top of the mill building. There is no roof, and the logs are not filled in or chinked. The road curves from the left in the ba...
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Upper End of Mill Race — Walnut Grove

Date: 03 26 1938
Description: View of construction of upper end of mill race. The stone wall of the dam is in the background. Handwritten on back: "Upper end of mill race near dam. Noti...
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Mill Building — Walnut Grove

Date: 05 09 1938
Description: View looking up towards the back of the mill building with stone foundation built into the side of the hill. The mill is partially constructed of logs, not...
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Slave Cabin — Walnut Grove

Date: 05 09 1938
Description: View towards the front and right side of the slave cabin built of chinked logs with a peaked roof. Steps lead up to the door, and a small window is on the ...

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