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A.G. Beebe Farm

Date: 09 26 1895
Description: View of the A.G. Beebe farm in Bruce, Wis. with stump land in the foreground. In the background is Mr. Beebe's barn and house.
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Titan 10-20 Tractor Removing Tree Stumps on Farm

Date: 1921
Description: Two farmers are using an International Harvester Titan 10-20 HP tractor to remove tree stumps along the fence line of a farm near a road. Electrical poles ...
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Burned Cedar Stumps

Date: 05 26 1963
Description: Burned cedar stumps in a swamp with a farm in the distance.
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Dane County Tuberculosis Sanatorium

Date: 07 10 1929
Description: Dane County Tuberculosis Sanatorium under construction, with three men with a steam shovel clearing trees. 1202 Northport Drive. J.P. Cullen, Contractor.
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Three Men Extracting a Stump

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Description: Three men working with a two-horse team on a hill turning a winch to extract stumps, probably a Svenson Grubber sold by J.H. Carnahan.
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Terraced Field

Date: 02 1915
Description: Elevated view of a terraced farm field belonging to M.L. Jackson. Multiple tree stumps are scattered throughout the foreground and farm buildings are in th...
Print

Baldwin & Killen Lands and W.H. Killen & Co. Letterhead

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Description: Letterhead of Baldwin & Killen Lands and W.H. Killen & Company, dealers of farm, lumber, and mineral lands, from Appleton, Wisconsin, with an image on the ...
Photograph

Clearing Hardwood Forest

Date: 08 02 1895
Description: A hardwood forest ten miles southwest of Florence, containing hard maple, birch, elm, oak, hemlock, and other types of timber. Two men are leaning against ...
Painting

State Fair Centennial Mural Study Sketch

Date: 1948
Description: Prior to the 1948 State Fair, artist Robert Hodgell traveled Wisconsin to study its many landscapes. He then produced a series of study sketches outlining ...
Painting

State Fair Centennial Mural Study Sketch

Date: 1948
Description: Prior to the 1948 State Fair, artist Robert Hodgell traveled Wisconsin to study its many landscapes. He then produced a series of study sketches outlining ...
Photograph

Men on Gang Plow in Horicon Marsh

Date: 09 08 1914
Description: Five men in hats and jackets, some holding the levers on a gang plow pulled by a Rumley tractor, pose for a group portrait. One man in work clothes stands ...
Photograph

Draining Horicon Marsh

Date: 1914
Description: View of a drainage ditch in Horicon Marsh. A man is on a path along the left of the ditch.
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Men in Plowed Horicon Marsh

Date: 1914
Description: Group of well-dressed men standing in front of a plowed segment of Horicon Marsh.
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Plowing on Horicon Marsh

Date: 10 1914
Description: View of furrowed ground in Horicon Marsh and men on a tractor in the process of plowing a drained portion of the marsh.
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IH TD-15 Series B Tractor Crawler Clearing Trees

Date: 1969
Description: This photograph was likely taken by the International Harvester Overseas Division for promotional purposes, and shows a man driving an International Harves...
Photograph

Stump Fence

Date: 1930
Description: A field is demarcated by tree stumps piled in a wide row. Beyond the piled stumps is a field with stumps still in the ground. There is a farm building on t...
Photograph

Country Road through Rolling Hills

Date: 08 08 1927
Description: View down dirt road towards an automobile coming up the hill. Trees have recently been cleared from the side of the road, and tree-covered hills are in the...
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View Down Cleared Section of Forested Hillside

Date: 08 08 1927
Description: View down steep hillside, a section of which appears to be recently cleared. Two men are standing near a horse, halfway down the hill in the cleared area. ...
Photograph

TD-18A — Land Clearing

Date: 1950
Description: View across field towards a man driving a TD-18A. Subject: "TD-18A — Land Clearing." Where Taken: "MidW." Information with photograph reads: "TD-18A Marvin...
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TD-24 — Land Clearing

Date: 1950
Description: Subject: "TD-24 — Land Clearing." Where Taken: "Pac." Information with photograph reads: "Owned by Larry Lambertz, Imperial, Calif. Used with a Marvin land...

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