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| Date: | 1931 |
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| Description: | Painting by N.C. Wyeth depicting the public demonstration of the first reaper by Cyrus Hall McCormick at Steele's Tavern, Virginia in 1831. The painting sh... |
| Date: | 1895 |
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| Description: | Cover of an advertising catalog for the Milwaukee Harvester Company featuring a color illustration of a derailed train carrying circus animals and a man op... |
| Date: | 1889 |
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| Description: | Front and back cover of an advertising catalog for A. Harris, Son & Company of Brantford, Canada, manufacturers of grain binders, mowers and reapers. The c... |
| Date: | 1870 |
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| Description: | Bird's-eye view of the city of Manitowoc with a population of 5,168 inhabitants as it appears in 1870, the year the village was granted a city charter by t... |
| Date: | 1925 |
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| Description: | Mr. Hyde and Miss Wigent filming a woman and child while the woman is filling pails with water from a hand-pump. The original caption reads: "Taking footag... |
| Date: | 1875 |
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| Description: | A man lies on the ground with a dog near the front door of his house. His wife and baby are posed on the steps of a side porch. The frame house has a stone... |
| Date: | 1872 |
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| Description: | An extended family of fifteen stands in front of a wood frame house. On the left a man holds a black horse, and to the right of the doorway a woman sits at... |
| Date: | 1912 |
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| Description: | Several women and a man are outside of a barn, which is overflowing with giant onions, corn, and potatoes. A ladder is placed against the large stack of on... |
| Date: | 1912 |
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| Description: | Photomontage of a horse carrying a bundle of giant ears of corn on its back. A boy is struggling to pull the horse towards the side of the road. A young ... |
| Date: | 01 30 1947 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 01 30 1947 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 2003 |
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| Description: | Lap robe and phonographic records in the Quinney farmhouse attic. |
| Date: | 2004 |
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| Description: | Piano in the front bedroom of the Quinney farmhouse. |
| Date: | 1918 |
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| Description: | A woman standing on a porch is shielding her eyes from the sun as she is ringing a bell (dinner bell?). A child is standing next to her under a clothesline... |
| Date: | 1946 |
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| Description: | Pencil drawing of a farm house between Ripon and Waupun, on State Highway 49. Left gable has a bell on a post on top of it. Features two doorways in front,... |
| Date: | 10 14 1948 |
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| 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 ... |
| Date: | 1924 |
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| Description: | Sheet music for "The Charms of Wisconsin," a composition by Almira E.F. Clements and Sarah Hobson of Pittsville, Wisconsin, that was self-published. Th... |
| Date: | 02 03 1949 |
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| 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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| Description: | Engraving of a farm with an Eclipse windmill. There is a cutaway view of the building beneath showing a man inside working at a saw. Another man is working... |
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| Description: | A hand-drawn poster, including a star design and two photographs, advertising Oak Hill Farm, founded by Mr. and Mrs. H.H. Harris. |
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