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Hans Holtan Family

Date: 1879
Description: This is said to be the family of Hans Holtan (a.k.a. Austinson) posed in the yard before a frame house that has carpenter's lace on porch, two separate doo...
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Family of Herman Amberg Preus Playing Croquet

Date: 1873
Description: A family is gathered in a yard playing croquet. Nearby a child sits on a rocking horse and holds onto a small wagon. Behind that are some women and another...
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Madison Garden Club

Date: 08 09 1927
Description: Group portrait of men, women, and a young child, members of the Madison Garden Club, in front of the Coney Weston farmhouse, 5017 Odana Road.
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Group in Front of Uncle Herman's House

Date: 08 02 1903
Description: Group posed on the lawn of Uncle Herman's house. Three women are seated on a platform swing while others are sitting on the lawn and the porch. Harry Danko...
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Group Seated on Lawn for Supper

Date: 06 1913
Description: Group of International Harvester Agricultural Extension speakers seated on a lawn for supper. Original caption reads: "This picture shows part of the Alfal...
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Reunion of Company K, 8th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry

Date: 07 28 1913
Description: Group portrait of a reunion of Company K, 8th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry, on the Trautwein farm. The company on this occasion were the guests of Mr. And ...
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IH Demonstration Farm at Gull Lake

Date: 12 1928
Description: Cameramen staging a shot of a man and woman on a Farmall Regular tractor in front of farmhouse at an International Harvester demonstration farm in Gull Lak...
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Young Girl Cooling Canned Corn

Date: 1925
Description: Young girl identified as Jewel Keller using a water pump outside a farm house to cool freshly canned corn.
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Family Seated in Field Outside Home

Date: 1910
Description: Portrait of a family in field. A man holding a cigar leans against a tree trunk, and a woman and young girl are seated on a broken limb which lies over the...
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Hable and Krueger Families

Date: 06 1899
Description: Group portrait of the Hable and Krueger families posing in the yard in front of a house. Two of the men are holding newspapers. Featured are Julius Hable, ...
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Oscar Hendrickson Family

Date: 1932
Description: Oscar Hendrickson and his wife pose with their sons Kenneth and Myron in front of their house. Kenneth, a student at the Mud Branch School, District No. 2,...
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Huffstetter Home

Date: 1908
Description: Farmhouse home and family of William Huffstetter.
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Standing in the Garden

Date: 1918
Description: View across grass towards Mary and Jennie Krueger, and a young girl between them, standing in a flower garden along a fence. All three are holding flowers....
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Two Sisters Wed Two Brothers and Share House

Date: 08 04 1961
Description: Brothers Edward and Oscar Saalsaa wed sisters Helen and Doris Andrews in 1942. They all lived together and farmed together. Doris and Oscar Saalsaa (left)...
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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...
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Horse-Drawn Mower at Farm

Date: 1900
Description: View across lawn towards a man, on the far left, riding a horse-drawn mower towards an open gate. A picket fence runs along the right side, with a farmhous...
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Man Driving Truck Carrying Livestock

Date: 07 18 1928
Description: View of a man driving a livestock delivery truck carrying cattle onto a road. In the background is a young girl standing on the lawn in front of a house.
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View of Farmhouse and Windmill

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

Date: 06 27 1906
Description: A large group of well-dressed men, women and children posing beside the small wood frame Von der Sump farmhouse. There is a canopy decorated with greenery ...
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Group at Ed Kearns

Date: 1905
Description: Group portrait of three men, seven women, and eleven children, including two infants, posing in front of a two-story wood frame house. They are shaded by t...

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