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Michael Baltus Family in Front of New Home

Date: 1895
Description: Michael Baltus family posing in front of their log cabin two miles east of Auburndale Station, Wood County, with a new frame house under construction nearb...
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Donald Farmstead near Mount Vernon

Date: 01 23 1934
Description: James Sweet Donald farmstead, built in 1858, on the "Rock View Farm," now called Vernon Valley Farms, at 1972 Hwy 92 near Mount Vernon. It is on the Nation...
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Farm Family and Farm

Date: 1889
Description: A farm family posing in front of farm buildings and farmhouse. The young daughters are wearing matching dresses. Men in the background are standing with a ...
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Farm with Poplars

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Description: Elevated view of a group of people standing in in a farmyard with a reaper-mower and horse-drawn vehicles. A small log building, haystacks and other farm b...
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Herd of Shorthorns, Linebacks and Ayrshires

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Description: An "improved" herd of cattle standing in a fenced-in yard. The herd includes shorthorns, linebacks and, perhaps, Ayrshires. A man is standing in the yard h...
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Jerome Skaalen Family and Farm

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Description: The Skaalen family stands in the front yard of their farm house. To their right are men on a tobacco wagon. The 1985 address of this farm was 1773 Country ...
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Family in Yard of Large Frame House

Date: 1878
Description: Long view of 10 members of a family in a large fenced yard. Behind them is a substantial two-story bracket style frame house with a widow's walk at the top...
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Men on Chimneys

Date: 1874
Description: A unusual scene on an unidentified farmstead probably located near Pleasant Springs, Wisconsin. A family is posed in the yard of a frame house, as is usual...
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Sears Farm

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Description: The home farm of Thomas and Adeline Sears.
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Monona Farm

Date: 1927
Description: Monona Farm, operated by the Quaker Oats Company.
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B.J. Clark Dairy and Farm

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Description: Panoramic view of the B.J. Dairy and Farm. Shows fenced-in yard with various cows in front of a round barn.
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Mailbox and Front Porch

Date: 2001
Description: Mailbox and front porch of the Quinney farmhouse.
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Dane County Farm

Date: 1920
Description: Exterior of house with porch and yard on highway 113. Snow is on the ground.
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Grader in on Rural Road

Date: 11 11 1926
Description: Barto Speer operates a grader marked "Russell Motor Patrol No.3" on a rural road in Dallas County, Iowa. There is a large house and lawn in the background.
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Empty Bobsled in Farmyard

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Description: An empty bobsled in a farmyard in front of a wooden fence, a frame house, and other farm buildings.
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Horse-Drawn Binder Entering Farmyard

Date: 1900
Description: View from road of farmyard surrounded by a white picket fence. A man is riding on a horse-drawn McCormick grain binder. A small group of men are waiting in...
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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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Cream Separator at Farmhouse

Date: 1923
Description: A woman wearing an apron is standing on the porch of a farmhouse to look at a McCormick cream separator at the base of the stairs. Nearby a man wearing ove...
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Field and Farm in Valley

Date: 1900
Description: View across a field of horse-drawn grain binder with a farm in the middle distance. Men are standing in the barnyard, and a woman is standing on the lawn n...
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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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