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Drawing

W.H. Conger Residence

Date: 1873
Description: View of a farmstead with multiple pine trees. A road is in foreground with a carriage driven by two horses, and a man in the carriage. A dog runs in front ...
Painting

Residence of Mr. Daniel Lewis

Date: 1881
Description: Watercolor painting of farm and farmhouse, residence of Mr. Daniel Lewis.
Photograph

Drilling Wheat

Date: 
Description: Elevated view of two men using agricultural machinery to drill (plant) wheat. "Superior" sign is on the machinery. A boy and a dog stand nearby. A horse an...
Painting

Haying Time

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

Rural Free Delivery

Date: 
Description: A woman waiting by her mailbox receives a Sears Roebuck catalog delivered by her mail carrier who drives a horse-drawn wagon. The farmhouse and barn are vi...
Photograph

View of the Krueger Family on Their Farm

Date: 1900
Description: View of the Krueger family standing in a cleared field, with a view of their farm in the background. August Krueger is sitting with a dog in a wagon pulled...
Photograph

Group of People Posing in front of House

Date: 1900
Description: Group of people posing in front of a house. A man is sitting on a horse-drawn McCormick binder on the right, and in the background is a barn. One man is po...
Photograph

View of Farmhouse and Windmill

Date: 
Description: View of farmhouse and windmill, with the family posing on the front porch.

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