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Boys Fishing near John P. Linde's Farm

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Description: Boys fish in a stream, with cattle, horses, a farmhouse and a barn in the background.
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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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Hofmann's Farm between Marquette and Onota on Lake Superior

Date: 1858
Description: Hofmann and three sons had emigrated in 1848 from the Rhine region to northern Wisconsin. Initially they had no neighbors for a distance of four to five ho...
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Group of People in Farmyard

Date: 1917
Description: A group of people under a tree in a farmyard, with possibly a lake in the background. Two women, with heavy netting on their hats, hold luggage. A toddler ...
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Haying Time

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Description: A farm boy is riding the "hay-fork horse" as the farmer is loading hay into the barn during haying time in July.
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Silo Filling

Date: 1980
Description: Farmers work cooperatively with their horse teams on silo-filling activities early in autumn. Rows of green forage are created in the fields and carried to...
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Gas-Powered Water Pump

Date: 10 1923
Description: A woman using a 1.5 horsepower McCormick-Deering engine to pump water into a metal bucket outside a building at International Harvester's Hinsdale experime...
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Richardson Farm

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Description: The Richardson Farm stands at the far edge of a farm field with a creek running through it and animals grazing. The farmhouse is white and surrounded by tr...
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Herman Backhaus Farm

Date: 05 1900
Description: View of the Herman Backhaus farm buildings from across the Rock River. Four people are sitting in a rowboat. Other people are standing along the shoreline ...
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General View of Governor Nelson Dewey's Estate

Date: 1904
Description: Panoramic view of Governor Nelson Dewey's estate. The left image is of an old stone barn with a shed in the rear. The center image is another barn. The rig...
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The Heritage Farm after the Tornado

Date: 09 21 1931
Description: View of damaged farmhouse and group of people sitting and standing outdoors. The roof was blown off and windows were shattered. Four women stand in the yar...
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Farmhouse Used for Military Housing

Date: 1918
Description: U.S. soldiers are standing in front of a stone farmhouse used for military housing in France. A pond with geese is in the foreground, and a horse is standi...

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