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Dr. Blake's Home

Date: 1877
Description: View of Dr. Blake's (probably Samuel M.) house in Lodi or Prairie du Sac with a white picket fence in front of it. A man is standing in the grass in front ...
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Hile House

Date: 1921
Description: View from across road of the Hile House. This is where the actress and Confederate spy Belle Boyd died on June 11, 1900, in the front room, over the office...
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W. Blise Farm

Date: 10 03 1960
Description: View from field of the W. Blise farm. A barn with two silos, a windmill and a large house are visible. A stone wall landscapes the area in front of the hou...
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State Highway 140

Date: 05 1980
Description: A short black and white pole marks where a road converges with a state highway that stretches to the horizon. In the mid-distance before a hill is a railro...
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Crop Rotation Sign at IH Demonstration Farm

Date: 07 1930
Description: A crop rotation sign stands near a dirt road leading to the farmhouse on an International Harvester demonstration farm.
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Soil and Crop Improvement Association

Date: 1918
Description: A man is leaning on the passenger side of an automobile marked: "Kankakee County Soil and Crop Improvement Association." Another man is sitting inside. The...
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Houses on a Rural Road

Date: 05 30 1916
Description: View down center of rural dirt road with houses along both sides in Black Hawk County. A man and horse are in a field on the left, near a sign that says: "...
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Dunville Notch

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Description: View of a mountain pass called Dunville Notch. A group of farmhouses are located among trees and a dirt road. Men gather near parked cars and a sign near t...
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Farmall A Tractor Fitted with Homemade Mail Cab

Date: 1941
Description: A Farmall A tractor that has been fitted with a homemade cab delivering mail to a farm. The cab on top of the tractor has a decal on the side that reads: "...
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McArthur Road

Date: 1975
Description: "This photo was taken on McArthur Road. The present day River View Mobile Home Park is now on the right side in the picture."
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Wade House Opening Day

Date: 06 06 1953
Description: The official opening of Wade House. Amid great fanfare, complete with an appearance by poet Carl Sandburg, Wade House opened to the public on June 6th, 195...
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Horses with Binder near Farm Buildings on Plains

Date: 1900
Description: View across road towards a team of horses with a McCormick binder in a farmyard on the plains.
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Dane County Wisconsin Rural Social Survey

Date: 1927
Description: This Blue line print map shows trade area boundaries, lakes, farm homes, railways, high schools, public highways, and townships. A symbol key is included i...
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International Truck Delivering Cream Separator to Farm

Date: 05 26 1927
Description: View uphill towards a truck on a driveway with a cream separator in the bed of the truck. A sign painted on the side of the open truck bed reads: "McCormic...

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