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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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"No More Crooked Rows"

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Description: Inside spread of 4-page advertising brochure for Fuller & Johnson Mfg. Co. Limited with a chromolithograph of a Bonanza Forge Drop planter, "The only perfe...
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Farmhouse After Remodeling

Date: 06 16 1938
Description: Farmhouse near McFarland after remodeling.
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Men and the Spoils of Hunting

Date: 11 11 1933
Description: Four men posing with their dog and hunting trophies — moose, deer, bear, and fish hanging in the farmyard.
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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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Madison Garden Club

Date: 08 09 1927
Description: Group portrait of men, women, and a young child, members of the Madison Garden Club, in front of the Coney Weston farmhouse, 5017 Odana Road.
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Monona Farm

Date: 1927
Description: Monona Farm, operated by the Quaker Oats Company.
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Dana (?) Family

Date: 12 03 1945
Description: Dana (?) family. Mother, father, son, and daughter, in front of home fireplace.
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Convalescent Home for Children

Date: 01 30 1947
Description: Margaret (Mrs. Norman) Vea reads to Ernest Underwood, of Theresa, Lloyd Riley, and Gerald Tilley, Brooklyn, at the Convalescent Home for Children with rheu...
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Convalscent Home for Children

Date: 01 30 1947
Description: Listening to the story and music of the Nutcracker Suite are: Buddy Onash, Ft. Atkinson, Dennis Wenger, Madison, patients at the Convalescent Home for Chil...
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Convalescent Home for Children

Date: 01 30 1947
Description: Two children doing craft projects in bed are Myrna Oldenberg, Antigo, and Luann Kelliher, Madison. The activities are under the guidance of Donna Ellis, Sh...
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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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Century House Ceramics

Date: 10 14 1948
Description: Jane Scalbom and Jane Gilbert Peterson opened a ceramics studio in one of the oldest buildings in Madison, the Century House, 3029 University Avenue. They ...
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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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