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Titan Tractor Advertising Poster

Date: 1919
Description: Advertising poster of World War I veteran returning home to family, farm and new Titan 10-20 tractor. The caption on the poster reads: "Look what dad bough...
Photograph

Group Portrait of Mother and Children in front of Sod Farmhouse

Date: 1905
Description: View of farm woman and her two children posing in front of sod farmhouse on poor plot of land. The woman is sitting in a chair near the open front door. A ...
Photograph

J.F. Mosher Residence

Date: 1886
Description: Mosher family standing in front of the J.F. Mosher residence. From the left are J.F. Mosher, daughters Celia Belle, Rhoda Adelaide, and Bertha May, son Her...
Photograph

Lincoln Day Dinner

Date: 02 14 1950
Description: Two "young" Rebublicans, Dorothea and Lyle Siggilkow, McFarland, are shown enjoying a fried chicken box supper at the Lincoln Day Dinner.
Photograph

Home of Eric Hattstrom

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Description: Possibly an anniversary group portrait of the couple seated in the center, with four people posed on each side of them. The women in the center holds flowe...
Photograph

Seminole Family

Date: 1904
Description: A large Seminole Native American family posed outdoors as a group, including men, women and children who are all wearing Seminole native clothing. There ar...
Photograph

Children with Prize-Winning Chicks

Date: 05 1925
Description: Two children of Vernon Shurs sit and stand near four poultry houses and multiple prize-winning Rhode Island Red chicks. The girl, squatting and wearing a d...
Photograph

Grulke Barn — Exterior

Date: 2004
Description: Steve and Nancy Grulke and children, Alison, Cassandra, and Paul, live at W2346 Zion Church Rd (Section 30). Steve has lived here all his life. Steve and N...
Photograph

Straub Barn — Exterior

Date: 2004
Description: Dave Straub and children, Sophie and Venice, and their friendly chicken, live at N8089 Doyle Rd (Section 26). Dave has lived here since 1991.
Photograph

Spiegel Family Butchering Chickens

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Description: Six men of the Spiegel family stand outdoors around a long wooden table butchering chickens. The table is covered with large steel pots and pieces of meat....
Photograph

William Krause Homestead

Date: 07 06 1902
Description: Art, William, Minnie, Clara, and Henry Krause standing in front of the William Krause homestead on Boomer Street.
Photograph

Group of People in Front of Frame House

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Description: Two women, a man, and a dog are standing next to a baby who is sitting in a baby carriage. The group is in front of a two-story frame house. On the far rig...
Photograph

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...
Photograph

Apiary of Elias Fox

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Description: Backyard apiary of Elias Fox. Chickens are in the yard among the numbered beehives. Fox and family are posing standing in the background in front of a fenc...
Photograph

Outdoor Portrait of European American Family

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Description: Outdoor group portrait of an unidentified family group, including a man, woman, girl, and infant posing sitting in the yard in front of a wooden house with...
Postcard

Chickens on the Farm

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Description: A very happy grandmother stands in the farmyard with a granddaughter, a cow and many chickens. In the background is the farmhouse.
Postcard

Chickens on the Farm

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Description: A smiling grandfather has his arm around a toddler granddaughter. A toddler boy is standing next to them. They are surrounded by chickens, and behind them ...
Postcard

The William Fiebelkorn Farm

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Description: William Fiebelkorn and his wife Anna stand at a fence on their farm. William is holding a toddler. The house, the barn, several outbuildings and a windmill...
Photograph

Family and Their Chickens

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Description: Outdoor group portrait of a man, woman, and a child standing behind a snowbank. On the right is a group of chickens near a wooden building. Farm buildings ...

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