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Milkmaid with Cow

Date: 1911
Description: Milkmaid with pail and cow. Text reads: "Milking Time, Good Friends in Wisconsin, Scenes along the country roads."
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Nelson Dewey Farm

Date: 1900
Description: Nelson Dewey farm, showing the house built on the site after Dewey's death. The original house built by Dewey burned in 1873.
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Washing Clothes in the Yard

Date: 1915
Description: View across wooded yard towards a woman leaning over a washtub using a washboard and to wash sheets. Sheets are drying on a clothesline and a washtub of bo...
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Stock Day

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Description: Elevated view of horses and wagons on the road at Stock Day. There is a cattle pen in the foreground.
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Home of Chas Kohlman

Date: 09 05 1895
Description: A promotional card advertising the prosperous life of Chas Kohlman, a Northern Wisconsin farmer. The image at the center of the card shows the Kohlman fami...
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People with Cow in front of Frame House

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Description: View across dirt road or path towards two men and a child who are posing sitting, with a woman, girl, and boy standing near a baby in a baby carriage. The ...
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Man and Woman in Front of Farmhouse

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Description: A man is displaying a horse near an empty buggy pulled by a team of two horses in front of a wooden fence. Just behind the fence is a frame house with a wo...
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Farrington Family

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Description: Family group posing in front of wooden farm buildings. A man is sitting in a wagon pulled by a team of two horses. An older woman, a young girl, and three ...
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Boy with Calf

Date: 1931
Description: Harold Calder, wearing bib overalls and a cap, poses with his calf, which won second place at the Cambridge Festival in 1931. There are chickens, a small c...
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Goetsch Family with Cow

Date: 05 1902
Description: Goetsch family standing with a cow in front of the home of Paul C. Goetsch. From left to right are: Russel Goetsch, Paul C. Goetsch, Mrs. Paul C. Goetsch, ...
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The Twins Playing with Twin Calves

Date: 04 1906
Description: Jennie and Edgar Krueger playing with twin calves in the yard. The calves are attached to each other with a yoke and are pulling Jennie in a small cart. Ed...
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August Krueger with Twin Calves

Date: 04 1906
Description: August Krueger standing next to two twin calves attached to each other with a toy yoke. A string is attached to the yoke and August is holding the other en...
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Jennie and Edgar Krueger and Twin Calves

Date: 04 1906
Description: Jennie and Edgar Krueger playing with twin calves in the yard. The calves are attached to each other with a yoke, which is attached to a small cart. Jennie...
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Debris in a Small Animal Pen

Date: 1957
Description: Slightly elevated view of debris littering a small fenced-in pen on the Krueger farm. The debris consists of a feeding trough, pieces of lumber, and other ...
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Young Woman with Cows at Trough

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Description: A young woman is standing behind two rows of cows that are feeding at a trough in a farm yard. There are buildings in the far background behind a fence. Th...
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Boy and Girl with Calf

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Description: A boy and girl are in a barnyard with a black and white calf. The boy on the left is standing and holding the rope lead. The girl on the right is standing ...

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