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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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Farm Family with Implements

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Description: A stonecutter, a cooper or smith (identified by the tools of their trade) and a girl with a pail are standing on the left in contrast to a group of ladies ...
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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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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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Monona Farm

Date: 1927
Description: Monona Farm, operated by the Quaker Oats Company.
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Governor Oscar Rennebohm Farm

Date: 05 24 1947
Description: Farmhouse at the Governor Oscar Rennebohm farm, on U.S. Highway 151, five miles east of the Capitol between Madison and Sun Prairie.
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Ferdinand Heim House

Date: 05 24 1948
Description: Ferdinand Heim and Henry Noll are shown in front of Heim's family home, on Old Middleton Road, where he has lived for 83 years.
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Dane County Farm

Date: 1920
Description: Exterior of house with porch and yard on highway 113. Snow is on the ground.
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Winterble-Keystone House

Date: 02 03 1949
Description: Historic stone farmhouse at 901 University Bay Drive, recently renovated by Freda Keys Winterble. The house was named "Keystone" after her family. The far...
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Winterble-Keys Farmhouse

Date: 02 03 1949
Description: The living room of the historic stone farmhouse at 901 University Bay Drive, recently renovated by Freda Keys Winterble. The house was named "Keystone" aft...
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Charmany Farms

Date: 1946
Description: Aerial view of farm which is part of the University of Wisconsin-Madison. In the foreground is a tree-lined road. The farm has several buildings, including...
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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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Hill Farm House

Date: 1920
Description: View of side of farmhouse on Middleton Road which is part of the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
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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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Harry R. Sharpe Home

Date: 04 11 1949
Description: Harry R. Sharpe family farm home located on the University of Wisconsin poultry research farm, 5101 Mineral Point Road.
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George Burrows House

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Description: George Burrows' house at Baywood Farm.
Historical Object

Paul Vanderbilt Pairing 63

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Description: You came to know that book by its covered distance,
well remembered by the measure
of the trudging barefoot mile
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Rephotographic Pair: 4718 Odana Road

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Description: A vintage view and a modern view of 4718 Odana Road, presented as a pair. The vintage view shows the Piper Brothers Farm. The modern view shows a house wit...

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