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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...
Drawing

Ackerman Farm House

Date: 1946
Description: Front view of the Ackerman farmhouse, built about 1841, located at University Avenue and East Mill Street.
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Barn and Farmer's House

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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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Waumandee Mill

Date: 1895
Description: View of a mill, sluice and dam on Waumandee Creek. The mill was built by John Oschner in 1863. Two products produced by the mill were White Rose Flour and ...
Photograph

Bashford Farmhouse

Date: 1927
Description: Exterior of the Bashford farmhouse.
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Oak Hill Farm

Date: 1929
Description: Exterior of Oak Hill farm, home of H.H. Harris, one of the pioneers of the strawberry growing and shipping industry in Wisconsin.
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Russell Farm House

Date: 1935
Description: The Henry Russell farm house as seen from the eastern elevation.
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Farmhouse and Landscaping

Date: 06 1923
Description: Landscape surrounding a farmhouse.
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Family in Front Yard

Date: 1900
Description: The Bass farmhouse, originally owned by the photographer's father, Isaac Bass. Pictured are the photographer's mother, Lorinda Bass, brother Frank Bass hol...
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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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Canaan Hills

Date: 1915
Description: Elevated view of the town looking north from Murray Hill. Caption reads: "View of Canaan, N.H., Looking North from Murray Hill."
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Chocorua Village

Date: 1900
Description: Distant view from hill looking down toward small village's main street and surrounding countryside.
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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

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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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Cowhands Herding Cattle

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Description: Slightly elevated view of cowhands herding cattle. In the background on a hill with cacti and other plants is a farmhouse and outbuildings.
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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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