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Abandoned Farm House

Date: 12 1971
Description: An abandoned farm house located on Highway 39 between Linden and Mineral Point.
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Abandoned Farm with Overgrown Yard

Date: 09 04 1967
Description: An abandoned farm with overgrown foliage. In the background is a farmhouse. The doorway is detailed with decorative pilasters or engaged columns flanking t...
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Sloping Porch

Date: 03 1926
Description: A man holding a bundle of logs is opening the screen door on a farmhouse with a deteriorating front porch.
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Refuse Pile

Date: 03 1926
Description: A refuse pile consisting of glass, a broken basket, bottles, cans, and other items behind a farmhouse. A crumbling foundation is in the background.
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Farm Home with Dilapidated Yard

Date: 1924
Description: Exterior view of a farmhouse, windmill, and an adjacent barn, all standing in a dilapidated yard. A partially collapsed fence is in the foreground, and wha...
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Rundown Farm Buildings

Date: 10 1930
Description: View across a road and field of several rundown farm buildings located near a farmhouse. The image was used to illustre: "poor farm buildings."
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Farm Buildings Near Rochelle

Date: 04 28 1925
Description: View across a rural road of farm buildings in a state of disrepair.
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Ramshackle Farm Buildings

Date: 04 06 1926
Description: View across road of a deteriorating barn and a few sheds. In the background is a young child standing in the yard of a farmhouse. Original caption reads, "...
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Typical Home Abandoned in Site I

Date: 05 17 1935
Description: View of abandoned homes and other structures.
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Old Brundage Farm in Site I

Date: 1935
Description: View of the dilapidated farm from which the Brundage family moved with the assistance of The United States Resettlement Administration.
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Ziemer Property

Date: 10 1979
Description: Elderly Ed Radke makes his way around the Ziemer property.
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Ziemer Auction

Date: 10 1979
Description: Al Trauba and Ed Radke are interested bystanders at the Ziemer auction.
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Ziemer Home

Date: 10 1979
Description: Fritz Ziemer home from the back.
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Abandoned Farm

Date: 1960
Description: Abandoned farm along Highway 51.
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Abandoned Farmhouse

Date: 1962
Description: Abandoned farmhouse, rear view, along Highway 131.
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Tree-Veiled Farm

Date: 05 10 1960
Description: View through the trees of an abandoned farm.
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Farm in Ruins on Cherry Valley Road

Date: 1993
Description: View over fence and field towards a dilapidated barn leaning against a silo. A tractor and a piece of agricultural machinery are parked in the field, and i...

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