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Woman Pumping Water from Farm Well

Date: 04 1923
Description: A bundled-up woman hand pumps water from a well into a pail. The ground is covered with ice and snow. Two cars and a farmhouse are in the background.
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Woman Carrying Water to Farmhouse

Date: 04 1923
Description: Woman carrying a bucket of water back to her farmhouse in winter.
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Henry Bigalk and Emil Kuney (Keune)

Date: 1906
Description: Henry Bigalk relaxes in a wheelbarrow holding an axe in his left hand, while Emil Kuney (Keune) is grabbing the wheelbarrow handles as if to transport Biga...
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Squash Harvest

Date: 1920
Description: A woman stands amid a patch of squash plants and displays a large squash in Marinette County.
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Woman Drawing Water from Well

Date: 05 1923
Description: Miss Neary drawing a bucket of water from a well next to a farmhouse. The original caption reads: "Drawing water from well. Miss Neary posing. Mr. Hyde pho...
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At Grandfather's House

Date: 1955
Description: A young boy helps his grandfather unload a cart of split logs.
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4-H Champion Driving a Tractor

Date: 11 18 1931
Description: Marian Dolan of the Maple Knoll 4-H Club north of Sun Prairie, 1931 National 4-H champion, driving an International tractor.
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Twin Calves

Date: 04 1906
Description: Edgar Krueger with twin calves wearing small ox collar.
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Kruegers Husking Corn

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Description: August, Mary, Tina, Saraphina, Jennie and Edgar Krueger husking corn.
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Florentina Feeding Chickens

Date: 1915
Description: Florentina Krueger feeding chickens in the yard.
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Outdoor Chores

Date: 1920
Description: Woman doing chores outdoors.
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Family and Farm

Date: 1873
Description: Family and farm implements in a field with farm buildings and haystacks in the background.
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Edna Kern Hauling Water

Date: 01 13 1956
Description: Edna Kern, wife of Ernest G. Kern, hauling water in buckets to the hen house.
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H. Sveren Farm

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Description: H. Sveren farm with the family standing in the foreground and a dog, farm buildings and fences in the background. A line of trees is behind the farmhouse o...
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Milking the Cows

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Description: Two men are sitting on stools milking cows in a barnyard within a log fence enclosure. Milking was usually done outside during the 19th century so in this ...
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Family in Yard of Farmhouse

Date: 1872
Description: A family is posing in the yard of a farmhouse near the porch. A child is sitting in a baby buggy. Farm buildings, farm implements, wagons and people are in...
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Inexpensive Poultry House

Date: 1914
Description: A young child feeding a flock of chickens outside of a poultry house. A farmhouse is in the background.
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"Let's Get a Good Cow"

Date: 02 1914
Description: A woman wearing a bonnet and apron kneeling in a field to milk a cow.
Painting

Residence of Mr. Daniel Lewis

Date: 1881
Description: Watercolor painting of farm and farmhouse, residence of Mr. Daniel Lewis.
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Family in Farmyard

Date: 1900
Description: Three young children are posing around a baby in a buggy in a farmyard. Large stacks of hay are in the background. Behind the children on the right a man i...

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