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Joe Barry's Farm, A Day's Journey to the South of Odanah

Date: 1858
Description: Beginning at Odanah just south of Lake Superior, Hölzlhuber and several fur trappers used an Indian trail to travel upstream through extensive wild forest....
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Residence of Mr. Martin Lutscher

Date: 1875
Description: Seifert's watercolor is fairly large, measuring 27" wide by 21" high, and provides a detailed depiction of a nineteenth century Wisconsin farm. The small s...
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Residence of Mr. Daniel Lewis

Date: 1881
Description: Watercolor painting of farm and farmhouse, residence of Mr. Daniel Lewis.
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View of Jacob Bennett Farm

Date: 1910
Description: Painting of farm depicting farmhouse, barn, and windmill. Located east of Gotham on Old Lone Rock Road.
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Haying Time

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

Date: 1980
Description: Farmers work cooperatively with their horse teams on silo-filling activities early in autumn. Rows of green forage are created in the fields and carried to...
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Rural Free Delivery

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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...
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Corn Shredding

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Description: Two farm workers in the righthand foreground toss a corn bundle up to the horse-drawn corn shredding machine to be shredded. To the left, a man loads feed ...
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Woodcutting Bee

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Description: Neighbors work together in the final process of sawing firewood, as they saw poles into blocks. The man with the plaid shirt and suspenders is the owner of...
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A Winter Day

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Description: On the right, the farmer in his sheepskin coat drives a horse-drawn sled loaded with milk cans to the cheese factory. A blanket is covering the cans to pre...
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Farm Painting

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Description: Farm painting of the Pierson Young residence.
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Seifert Painting

Date: 1885
Description: Elevated view of farm.
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The Cranberry Harvest

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Description: Cranberry harvesters at work. Mural painting in the U.S. Post Office at Berlin, Wis.

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