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Family and Farmstead

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Description: A family stands in a field with a farmstead behind them. The farmstead buildings include a hops drying shed with a large round chimney, small log structure...
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Men on Chimneys

Date: 1874
Description: A unusual scene on an unidentified farmstead probably located near Pleasant Springs, Wisconsin. A family is posed in the yard of a frame house, as is usual...
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Farmstead near Waterway

Date: 1900
Description: Rural scene of farmstead with a river or stream (?) in the background. The farm is bounded by a barbed wire fence, and there is a utility pole on the bank ...
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Pine Tree Stock Farm Equipment

Date: 1938
Description: Equipment owned by the Pine Tree Stock Farm is displayed outside a barn. The original caption describes the equipment shown as a "D-30 M.T. [motor truck], ...
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Steele's Tavern, Virginia

Date: 1900
Description: Run-down building with a stone chimney in a rural landscape. The photograph is identified as "Steele's Tavern." Cyrus McCormick successfully demonstrated h...
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McCormick Family Farm

Date: 1900
Description: Exterior view of the family farm, Walnut Grove, of Robert Hall McCormick (father of Cyrus Hall McCormick).
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Thomas and Florence Quinney's Farmhouse

Date: 1920
Description: Thomas (Tom) and Florence Quinney standing in front of their farmhouse which has a climbing vine growing on it.
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Poor Farm

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Description: Front view of the Poor Farm. Two front porches attach to the houses with decorative columns and lattice work. One of two front doors is open, and a side do...
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Farmhouse's Planting and Fence

Date: 1924
Description: View from a rural road to a farmhouse demonstrating its landscaping and what the original caption describes as a "novel fence." The large barn in the backg...
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Nellie Arms and Her Cat

Date: 10 24 1954
Description: Nellie Arms, aunt of Lewis Arms, holds a cat outdoors at the farm she shared with her husband Bernard.
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Skillet Creek Fruit Farm

Date: 1927
Description: Exterior view of a two-story house with a front porch and an enclosed porch on the side. In the background is a barn or outbuilding.
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Cabin and Cotton Field

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Description: Exterior view of a small cabin located near a cotton field. There is a cemetery in the far background.
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William Engman Farm

Date: 1955
Description: "Cows graze on the William Engman farm south of Theresa. The new water tower, at right, is being constructed."
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Farmland View

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Description: View of farmland featuring farmhouses, barns, and a water tower.
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Trenam Farm Tractor

Date: 1920
Description: Advertisement for the Trenam All-Purpose Farm Tractor with 12-24 horse power. The advertisement features four photographs of a farmer using the tractor in ...
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Quaker Oats Barn

Date: 10 08 1945
Description: A barn on the Quaker Oats farm at 4202 Monona Drive.
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Quaker Oats Barn

Date: 10 08 1945
Description: A barn on the Quaker Oats farm at 4202 Monona Drive.
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Quaker Oats Barn

Date: 10 08 1945
Description: A barn on the Quaker Oats farm on 4202 Monona Drive. A sign above the barn door reads: "Branch Warehouse of William Le[?] Warehouses, Public Bonded Warehou...
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Quaker Oats Barn

Date: 10 08 1945
Description: A barn at the Quaker Oats farm at 4202 Monona Drive.
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View Across Field Toward Man with Corn Binder

Date: 1900
Description: View across field towards men standing near a man using a corn binder in a field to bind stalks.

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