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Farm and Rural Homestead

Date: 1890
Description: Bucolic scene in Wisconsin illustrates agricultural prosperity after the depression.
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A Full Dozen

Date: 09 1904
Description: Edgar and Jennie Krueger playfully hunting for eggs.
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African American Farm Laborer at Stovall's Plantation

Date: 05 01 1928
Description: Young man sitting in a planter drawn by two mules on the plantation of Mrs. William H. Stovall.
Postcard

Farm Family

Date: 1915
Description: Photographic postcard of a farm couple and their daughter posing outdoors in front of a barn.
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Barn Raising in Cross Plains

Date: 
Description: Workers pose on the frame of a barn they are building.
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Farm Scene with Grain Binder

Date: 1905
Description: Farm scene including a horse-drawn McCormick grain binder, people, a farmhouse, and a barn.
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Farmer with Side Delivery Hay Rake

Date: 08 25 1927
Description: A man, possibly N.B. Frankensteen, operating a horse-drawn side delivery hay rake on the N.B. Frankensteen Ridgebrook Farm. Farm buildings are in the backg...
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Automobile on Country Road

Date: 08 23 1917
Description: Man, possibly Joseph Brown, attending to an automobile on the road between Waukesha and Ionsman. Rural landscape and farm in the background.
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Northeast View of Interior of Power House Coffer Dam

Date: 09 30 1912
Description: Pile drivers working within the confines of the coffer dam. Men are on the high trestle constructing chutes for pouring concrete.
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Individuals Working on a Farm

Date: 08 26 1917
Description: Barn, silos and cows at a farm. There are men attending to the cows, while the women and children are attending to the milk cans.
Painting

Residence of Mr. Daniel Lewis

Date: 1881
Description: Watercolor painting of farm and farmhouse, residence of Mr. Daniel Lewis.
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R-195 Truck with Space Saver Cab

Date: 1953
Description: Color photograph of a man in a uniform sitting in an International Harvester R-195 semi-truck outfitted with a Space Saver cab. The truck is parked along a...
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International F-31 Truck near Farm

Date: 1920
Description: International model "F" or "31" truck. The truck is being driven by a man on a dirt road with a farm in the background.
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Framework of a Barn

Date: 
Description: Four men work on the framework of a barn.
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Construction of a Stone Foundation Barn

Date: 
Description: Two men stand on the rafters of an unfinished, stone foundation barn.
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Englehardt Farm

Date: 1905
Description: The manufacture of bricks was begun on this spot sometime in the latter 1860's by Henry Bretag, a German brickmaker, the father of Mrs. Englehardt. Brick ...
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Farmer Driving Horse-Drawn Mower Towards Barn

Date: 1899
Description: A farmer is operating a horse-drawn mower as it makes its way down a dirt road between split-rail fences towards a barn.
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Men with Scythes in "Romance of the Reaper"

Date: 1929
Description: A production still for the Fox Hearst film "Romance of the Reaper". The film was produced by International Harvester at Walnut Grove to celebrate the Reape...
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Barn and Silo

Date: 07 19 1933
Description: Two men stand outside a barn, with a silo nearby.
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Iowa Dairy Farm

Date: 10 1931
Description: A man stands near several cows in front of a barn and silo. Two men converse near a tractor.

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