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| Date: | 06 17 1929 |
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| Description: | Farm surrounded by cutover stump land. |
| Date: | 05 26 1963 |
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| Description: | Burned cedar stumps in a swamp with a farm in the distance. |
| Date: | 07 10 1929 |
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| Description: | Dane County Tuberculosis Sanatorium under construction, with three men with a steam shovel clearing trees. 1202 Northport Drive. J.P. Cullen, Contractor. |
| Date: | 07 10 1929 |
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| Description: | Dane County Tuberculosis Sanatorium under construction, with three men with a steam shovel clearing trees. 1202 Northport Drive. J.P. Cullen, Contractor. |
| Date: | 08 14 1929 |
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| Description: | Dane County Tuberculosis Sanatorium foundation under construction. 1202 Northport Drive. J.P. Cullen, Contractor. |
| Date: | 11 12 1906 |
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| Description: | "An annual crop of rocks" at the George A. Nelson Farm. |
| Date: | 1905 |
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| Description: | Man and woman using a double-handled saw to clear trees from their land. |
| Date: | 11 04 1915 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of monorail hoist with lumber carrying unit outside at the Port Hammond Lumber Company. Tree stumps, a tent, and other small buildings are vi... |
| Date: | 03 16 1915 |
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| Description: | Smoke surrounds several stumps in a field as they are burned to make way for a farm field. |
| Date: | 02 1915 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 02 24 1915 |
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| Description: | Left side view of Earle Morris using a walking plow pulled by a mule in a field pitted with tree stumps. |
| Date: | 03 13 1915 |
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| Description: | Several children clearing land for a new school playground. Three boys are using axes to chop a log, and other children are gathered near the fire. Three b... |
| Date: | 12 18 1922 |
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| Description: | A man is using a McCormick-Deering 10-20(?) tractor to assist in clearing land in a residential area. Several other men are standing in the background hold... |
| Date: | 07 22 1927 |
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| Description: | A man uses a tractor and rope to fell a tree in an area that appears to have been cleared by fire. |
| Date: | 1948 |
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| 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 ... |
| Date: | 1948 |
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| 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 ... |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | A man uses a Cletrac crawler tractor to clear land on a farm. The caption beneath the photograph reads: "Pulling stumps and clearing land are important job... |
| Date: | 1914 |
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| Description: | View of a drainage ditch in Horicon Marsh. A man is on a path along the left of the ditch. |
| Date: | 1969 |
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| Description: | This photograph was likely taken by the International Harvester Overseas Division for promotional purposes, and shows a man driving an International Harves... |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | Four Native American men posing while clearing land for farming. One man is standing atop a stump which has been pulled from the ground. Another man is hol... |
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