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Hans Holtan Family

Date: 1879
Description: This is said to be the family of Hans Holtan (a.k.a. Austinson) posed in the yard before a frame house that has carpenter's lace on porch, two separate doo...
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Farmhouse After Remodeling

Date: 06 16 1938
Description: Farmhouse near McFarland after remodeling.
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Farmhouse Before Remodeling

Date: 03 21 1938
Description: Farmhouse near McFarland before remodeling.
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Farmhouse Before Remodeling

Date: 03 21 1938
Description: Farmhouse near McFarland before remodeling, with a windmill behind the house on the left.
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Donald Farmstead near Mount Vernon

Date: 01 23 1934
Description: James Sweet Donald farmstead, built in 1858, on the "Rock View Farm," now called Vernon Valley Farms, at 1972 Hwy 92 near Mount Vernon. It is on the Nation...
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Mrs. Wheeler and Daughter Marion

Date: 09 15 1932
Description: Portrait of Mrs. Burton K. Wheeler and daughter, Marion Montana Wheeler, of Butte Montana, on the porch of the La Follette farmhouse. In 1924 Robert M. La ...
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Marian Montana Wheeler

Date: 09 15 1932
Description: Portrait of Marian Montana Wheeler, daughter of Mrs. Burton Wheeler, of Butte Montana, taken on the porch of the La Follette farmhouse at Maple Bluff. She ...
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Family Farm House

Date: 1879
Description: Harold and Gunhild Mickelson with five of their daughters (Bertha Mickelson Bragger and her husband are standing on the right), in Section 23 of the Town o...
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Behrend Veerhusen's Farm

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Description: Stone barn with scalloped edging with people in wagons and house in background, picket fencing; in sec. 26, SE1/4. Biography in Biographical Review of Dane...
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Jerome Skaalen Family and Farm

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Description: The Skaalen family stands in the front yard of their farm house. To their right are men on a tobacco wagon. The 1985 address of this farm was 1773 Country ...
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Extended Family of Lars Davidson Reque in front Yard

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Description: View across bare ground towards a large extended family of 26 people who are sitting and standing along a fence in the front yard of a wood frame house; La...
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Reverend Jakob Aall Ottesen

Date: 1874
Description: The Reverend Jakob Aall Ottesen (1825-1904), his wife Cathinka Doderlein Ottesen, their family and visitors are posing in a yard around a table set for cof...
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Jakob Ottesen and Group

Date: 1874
Description: On the left, Jakob Ottesen is holding a long-stemmed pipe, and behind him a ladder is leaning against a tree. At his feet, a large dog is stretched out. Th...
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Men on Chimneys

Date: 1874
Description: A unusual scene on an unidentified farmstead probably located near Pleasant Springs, Wisconsin. A family is posed in the yard of a frame house, as is usual...
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Halle Steensland Home

Date: 1878
Description: The Halle Steensland home, an impressive two-story brick house in Maple Bluff, with five family members posed along the front porches. It is possible this ...
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Governor Taylor's Farm Home

Date: 02 21 1927
Description: Governor Taylor's farm home. The man standing on the porch is John Killian, owner of the farm when the photograph was taken.
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Governor Taylor's Farm Home in Cottage Grove

Date: 02 21 1927
Description: Governor Taylor's farm home.
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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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George Clayton Farmhouse

Date: 1948
Description: George Clayton farmhouse, about three miles from the Capitol Square on Oregon road.
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Monona Farm

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

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