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Koehler Family in a Garden

Date: 09 04 1895
Description: Julius Koehler family in their garden in front of their newly built frame home. The original Koehler farm was destroyed by forest fire in July of 1894, evi...
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Small Garden with Men Working in Background

Date: 1941
Description: A small backyard garden is in the foreground near what appears to be a house. Men are working next to two trucks and a crane in the background.
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Winnebago County Asylum Farm

Date: 1930
Description: View over fence of a man wearing a hat using a tilling tool in a garden presumably belonging to the Winnebago County Asylum farm.
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Gardeners Loading Produce Truck

Date: 1915
Description: International Model M truck used by Terpstra & Son for garden crop shipments. Two men load the truck bed with crates for shipment of what appears to be a r...
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Two Women in Garden

Date: 1921
Description: Two women standing in a garden picking flowers.
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Bonack Barn — Exterior

Date: 2004
Description: Leo and Helen Bonack, at W2472 Hwy TW (Section 6), have lived here for 38 years. Cows were last milked in 1960.
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Dyer Garden

Date: 2004
Description: Is this a modern sculpture in the Dyer yard? No, Pam uses these ladders for her bean plants.
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Grulke Trellis

Date: 2004
Description: Fritz and Sandy Grulke have a nice trellis at the entrance to their garden.
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Fink Lawn Centerpiece

Date: 2004
Description: Having encountered some huge stones in their fields, Richard and Dorothy decided to make some into a centerpiece on their lawn. Richard estimates the top s...
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Laboring in Vegetable Garden

Date: 1908
Description: Group of men and women laboring in a garden among rows of leafy vegetables. There is a farmhouse in the background.
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Taliesin I Courtyard

Date: 1912
Description: Taliesin I courtyard from the "brow" of the hill looking toward the entry loggia. A young girl on a horse is talking to a young boy under the porte-cochere...
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Farm Scene

Date: 1905
Description: A man stands with a horse near a small barn. A buggy and wagon are parked nearby. There are two small sheds or outhouses near a garden plot and a haystack ...
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Standing by Barn

Date: 1938
Description: Group of men and a child standing near a barn and silo. A car is parked nearby.
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Teenagers with Vegetables

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Description: A young man and woman wearing work clothes are standing in a garden, holding very large root vegetables. The woman is wearing a bonnet and the man is weari...
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Onion Fields of John Hass

Date: 07 31 1895
Description: Chas B. Howe standing in his garden, holding cabbages, beets, onions, and turnips. The garden is located on the farm of John Hass, with 1.5 acres of onions...
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Red Currant Garden

Date: 09 07 1895
Description: A garden of red currant bushes, owned by Jas. S. Ritchie, are featured on his fruit farm.
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Pie Plants in Garden

Date: 07 30 1895
Description: A garden lush with tall pie plants (rhubarb) belonging to Mrs. H.H. Wooledge. One stalk is leaning against a wooden chair, and the leaf of the plant reachi...
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Group of People Posing in front of Frame House

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Description: Group portrait of a man and woman posing sitting in chairs, with a young boy and a dog posing between them. An older boy is standing to their right holding...
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Lilia Suckow

Date: 1932
Description: Lilia Suckow, a student at Peck School, works in a tulip bed outside her house. Clothes dry on a line behind the house.
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Outdoor Portrait of European American Woman and Child

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Description: Outdoor portrait of an unidentified woman posing sitting in a cloth-covered chair in front of a wire fence. She is wearing a light-colored blouse and dark-...

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