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Men with Plow

Date: 1873
Description: Group portrait of men gathered in a farmyard, posed behind two plows. The plow in front has Argyle, Wisc. from Michalson Implement Company inscribed on the...
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Reaping Scene

Date: 1879
Description: Three men taking a break during harvesting. Their horse-drawn reaper raked the grain into rows as it cut. In the background are various farmstead buildings...
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Down Monona Drive

Date: 09 30 1933
Description: A gas station in a Trachte building on the corner of Highway 51 (Monona Drive) and Highway 30 (Cottage Grove Road). "Johnson Gasoline," and "Defiance Spark...
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Bowman Dairy and Farm

Date: 09 14 1932
Description: View across road towards the Bowman dairy and farm on Fish Hatchery Road.
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Piper Brothers Farm

Date: 03 04 1932
Description: Piper Brothers farm scene, 4718 Odana Road near Midvale.
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Accident Scene on Highway 51

Date: 10 20 1931
Description: Accident scene on Highway 51, rural area. Caption at bottom reads: "High #51 — Looking West — Northwest — October 20, 1931 2:00 P.M."
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Trees Blown Over by Windstorm

Date: 06 20 1931
Description: Trees blown over by windstorm, at the Edward Korb farm, Route 1, Waunakee Road.
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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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Wisconsin State Hospital for the Insane

Date: 1872
Description: View of Wisconsin State Hospital for the Insane (Mendota Mental Health Institute).
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Williamson Family Poses outside with Grandmother

Date: 1873
Description: A family poses in a yard around a table. The grandmother appears to have an embroidery hoop in her lap. In the background on the right is a grindstone. Fur...
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Quaker Oats Barn

Date: 10 08 1945
Description: A large barn and outbuilding on the Quaker Oats farm, 4202 Monona Drive.
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Governor Oscar Rennebohm Farm

Date: 05 24 1947
Description: Governor Oscar Rennebohm farm, on U.S. Highway 151, five miles east of the Capitol between Madison and Sun Prairie. Shows the barn and bungalow intended fo...
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Governor Oscar Rennebohm Farm

Date: 05 24 1947
Description: Governor Oscar Rennebohm farm, on U.S. Highway 151, five miles east of the Wisconsin State Capitol between Madison and Sun Prairie. Shows the barn for youn...
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Hill Farms

Date: 1914
Description: View from field of farm buildings of the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Beyond a partially snow-covered field are several barns, and a large home to the ...
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Hill Farms House

Date: 1919
Description: View from field of stone house and farm buildings of the University of Wisconsin-Madison. A small open wood shed is on the right.
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Hill Farm House

Date: 1920
Description: University of Wisconsin-Madison farmhouse on Middleton Road.
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Aerial View of Blaney Farm

Date: 02 09 1949
Description: One of four aerial views of the Edwin Blaney farm and farm buildings surrounded by snow-covered fields. Four miles south of Madison and a mile west of U.S....
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McCormick Grain Binders at University of Wisconsin-Madison

Date: 1900
Description: Two men use horse-drawn McCormick grain binders in a field in front of a dairy barn at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. A grain elevator or walkway ext...
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McCormick Binders at University of Wisconsin-Madison

Date: 1900
Description: Two men use horse-drawn McCormick grain binders in a field in front of a dairy barn at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. A grain elevator or walkway ext...
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Dairy Barn

Date: 1905
Description: The dairy barn on the agriculture campus of the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

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