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Hammer Mill Used on Wilke Farm

Date: 1931
Description: A man using an International Harvester No. 1 Hammer Mill on the farm of Herman Wilke.
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A.W. Agnew Farm

Date: 1931
Description: Barn and two silos on the farm of A.W. Agnew.
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Nursing Home

Date: 11 1980
Description: Wisconsin farmland featuring a small tree in the foreground, a telephone pole and fence in the middle distance, and farm buildings in the background.
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State Highway 140

Date: 05 1980
Description: A short black and white pole marks where a road converges with a state highway that stretches to the horizon. In the mid-distance before a hill is a railro...
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Plowed Fields

Date: 05 1980
Description: View over plowed field, with a telephone pole in the middle distance. Farm buildings are on the hill in the background.
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Farm Buildings

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Description: View across lawn of a Quonset hut-style building and metal grain bin. A barn and other farm buildings including a silo are on the right. To the left is a f...
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Farm Buildings: Concrete Block Milkhouse

Date: 1924
Description: A woman and her dog standing at the doorway of a concrete block milk house.
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Townsend Tractor Advertisement

Date: 1916
Description: Advertisement for the Townsend heavy duty 12-20 horsepower tractor featuring three photographs of the tractor at work on a farm along with testimonies from...
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Townsend Tractors Advertisement

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Description: Advertisement for the Townsend Tractor Company entitled: "Townsend Tractors Can't Be Beat When It Comes to Steady Belt Power."
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Bird's Eye View

Date: 1912
Description: Elevated view of town with farm fields in the foreground, and low, rolling hills in the background. There is a church steeple in the far background on the ...
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Bird's Eye View

Date: 1912
Description: Elevated view over rooftops. Farm fields and houses are in the background.
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Scene at Fred Coleman Farm — Tornado

Date: 09 21 1931
Description: View from road of storm damage to a farm. The barn roof has blown off. Men are working on the roof, which has exposed roof timbers. In the foreground are t...
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Ruins of Tornado on Eugene Hull Farm

Date: 09 21 1931
Description: Destroyed farm building next to a standing barn. Agricultural equipment is in the foreground.
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Tobacco Farm Workers

Date: 1900
Description: Group of farm workers are standing and posing in a field while threading tobacco leaves on lathes for drying. Two children and a dog are standing in the ce...
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Man Harvesting Corn with Farmall M Tractor

Date: 09 09 1948
Description: View across harvested field towards a man using a wagon and an ensilage harvester drawn by a Farmall M tractor on 132 acre farm of A.W. Reisseeum. In the b...
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Early Moon

Date: 1956
Description: A harvest moon over a farm. Fence posts are in the foreground.

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