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Woman Carrying Water to Farmhouse

Date: 04 1923
Description: Woman carrying a bucket of water back to her farmhouse in winter.
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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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Barn Moving

Date: 03 09 1944
Description: Taylor barn being moved. A tractor and a truck are pulling the barn, which is on a platform, through the snow. A smaller barn is on the left. On the righ...
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Winterble-Keystone House

Date: 02 03 1949
Description: Historic stone farmhouse at 901 University Bay Drive, recently renovated by Freda Keys Winterble. The house was named "Keystone" after her family. The far...
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Hill Farms

Date: 1914
Description: View from field of farm buildings of the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Beyond a partially snow-covered field are several barns, and a large home to the ...
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Farm Equipment in Snow

Date: 1915
Description: Farm equipment, including a grain binder and mower, are lying in the snow outside a farmhouse. In the background on the right two children are standing nea...
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The Household

Date: 1890
Description: Original pen and ink drawing of an illustration for a McCormick Company advertising catalog. Features a drawing of a farmhouse, trees and grounds in winter...
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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.
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Alexander Krueger's Home in Winter

Date: 1905
Description: Members of the Krueger family standing in the fenced-in yard of Alexander Krueger's home. The home and several farm buildings are behind the family. Fresh ...
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Krueger Homestead in Winter

Date: 1955
Description: View from yard of the home of Florentina and Alexander Krueger during winter. The ground is covered in snow.
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The Poet's Larch

Date: 1982
Description: The lower portion of the trunk of a large larch tree standing beside the farmhouse of poet Edna Meudt. The tree had been toppled by a tornado in 1973 and w...
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Maple Tree

Date: 1982
Description: A large soft maple tree stands beside a small house with plastic sheeting on the porch screens. There is a barn with a silo in the background, and snow on ...
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Von der Sump's New House

Date: 1905
Description: A winter view of the front and one side of the newly completed cement block house of Frank and Bertha von der Sump on Golden Road. The four square style ho...

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