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Amund and Siri Rustebakke and Women with Spinning Wheels

Date: 1873
Description: Amund Rustebakke, standing in doorway, and Siri Rustebakke, center, sitting, in front of a house with her daughters and daughter-in-law and four spinning w...
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Woman Cleaning Wooden Floor

Date: 1920
Description: Woman cleaning a wooden floor in an open doorway of her farmhouse with a scrub brush.
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Maxon Farmhouse

Date: 1936
Description: The front entrance to the Maxon farmhouse.
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Vanderpool Farmhouse

Date: 1930
Description: Front entrance detail of the Vanderpool farmhouse. A ruler is mounted on the left door frame, and a sign on the right at the base of the doorframe reads: "...
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Doorway, Wiess House

Date: 1937
Description: Doorway of Weiss farm, residence of John Weiss, in the township of Saukville, Ozaukee County, one half mile from County Trunk Hwy Y near Washington County ...
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H.D. Brainard Home at Lone Rock

Date: 03 10 1950
Description: View looking towards the front door in the room-sized entry hall in the home of Mr. and Mrs. H.D. Brainard. The home was the former 1878 "old Don Johnson f...
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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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Man Standing on Scaffolding

Date: 05 1926
Description: A man stands on makeshift scaffolding while hammering a nail into a door awning. The photograph was taken for International Harvester's Agricultural Extens...
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Woman Washing Wooden Porch

Date: 04 23 1926
Description: A woman wearing a dress, hat, and stockings uses a mop and bucket to wash a damaged wooden porch attached to a farmhouse.
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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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Elm Valley Farm

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Description: A woman sets tables and chairs for a meal inside the dining room at Elm Valley Farm.
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Elm Valley Farm

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Description: Exterior of the main house at Elm Valley Farm. A porch and balcony surround the left portion of the house and several people sit in chairs on a patio with...
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Girl Near Farmhouse

Date: 1925
Description: A girl wearing a dress and "Mary-Jane" shoes walking across the cement stair landing of the farmhouse entrance at International Harvester's demonstration f...
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Cleaning Supply Closet

Date: 07 1923
Description: A broom, dustpan, and a duster hanging in a cleaning supply closet at the top of a staircase in the house of Adolph Betz.
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Self-Wringing Mop

Date: 1923
Description: Mrs. Jake George standing on a wooden porch while using a foot pedal to wring excess water from a mop.
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Farm Scene

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Description: A horse and carriage drives down a lane past a farmhouse, barns, and a windmill.
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West View Farmhouse

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Description: Exterior view of West View Farmhouse, built in 1870. Rocking chairs can be seen on the house's porch.
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Farmhouse

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Description: A woman stands on the porch of her farmhouse. Published by W.I. Smith.
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After the Tornado at the George W. Stark Farm

Date: 09 21 1931
Description: Tornado damage showing a broken, twisted tree laying on the ground and on the roof of a farmhouse. The roof and wall have been crushed.

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