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Wisconsin Farm

Date: 1873
Description: Three people are posing in the foreground, with a man with a long beard standing in front of two women sitting in a horse-drawn carriage. There is a barn a...
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Farm and Rolling Hills

Date: 1873
Description: View of a prosperous farmstead from a neighboring hill. A man is standing near a woman in a horse-drawn vehicle in front of a board fence in the foreground...
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Barn and Farmer's House

Date: 
Description: Elevated view of barn and farmer's house of John Bass.
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Droster Farm

Date: 1912
Description: Exterior of the Droster farm located on Felland Road. The house was built in 1854.
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Thomas and Florence Quinney's Farmhouse

Date: 1920
Description: Thomas (Tom) and Florence Quinney standing in front of their farmhouse which has a climbing vine growing on it.
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Marjorie at the Old Place

Date: 
Description: Marjorie Quinney looking towards the Quinney family farmhouse from a distant field.
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Two-Story Victorian Brick Farmhouse

Date: 1930
Description: A two-story Victorian brick farmhouse with eave brackets, bay windows and a front porch with fretwork railing. The Baraboo bluffs are visible in the distan...
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Feeding Cattle

Date: 
Description: Elevated view of cattle eating from large, square troughs. There are multiple pens, along with a farmhouse and open land in the background. Caption reads: ...
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Farmhouse's Planting and Fence

Date: 1924
Description: View from a rural road to a farmhouse demonstrating its landscaping and what the original caption describes as a "novel fence." The large barn in the backg...
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"Poorly Arranged" Home Landscaping

Date: 1924
Description: Farmhouse with landscaping of shrubbery. Original caption reads: "Nice possibilities, poor arrangement, no planting plan."
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IH Demonstration Farm in North Dakota

Date: 07 1930
Description: View from lawn of farm buildings, farmhouse and grounds at an International Harvester demonstration farm.
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Farmhouse and Farm Buildings

Date: 06 1923
Description: View across lawn towards a farmhouse, with a barn in the background. The yard has trees and shrubs near the porch. There is a fence along a road on the lef...
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Ramshackle Farm Buildings

Date: 04 06 1926
Description: View across road of a deteriorating barn and a few sheds. In the background is a young child standing in the yard of a farmhouse. Original caption reads, "...
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Dewey Farmhouse

Date: 1910
Description: View of exterior of house with snow on the ground. There is a steep hill in the background. The house was built after Nelson Dewey's death.
Painting

State Fair Centennial Mural Study Sketch

Date: 1948
Description: Prior to the 1948 State Fair, artist Robert Hodgell traveled Wisconsin to study its many landscapes. He then produced a series of study sketches outlining ...
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Farm Home of Thomas Convey

Date: 1907
Description: Farm home of Thomas Convey family, at or near Ridgeway. In the foreground, two men stand near a horse-drawn wagon. Five women are standing on a stone wall ...
Painting

Dairy Farm

Date: 1948
Description: A painting of a dairy farm, which was part of the State Fair Centennial mural.
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Jens L. Gregerson Farm Tourist Home — Highway 16 East

Date: 1931
Description: Farmhouse with accommodations for tourists. There are bushes and trees in the lawn, and a bench and lawn swing.
Historical Object

Paul Vanderbilt Pairing 63

Date: 
Description: You came to know that book by its covered distance,
well remembered by the measure
of the trudging barefoot mile
Photograph

Trucks Parked in Driveway of Well-Kept Farmyard

Date: 06 25 1925
Description: View from road of trucks parked in the driveway next to a farmhouse. One of the trucks or an automobile is parked under the coach gate or carriage porch on...

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