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Washing Windows

Date: 01 13 1956
Description: Edna Kern washing the windows outside her house. A cat is lying on the lawn in the foreground.
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Farmer's Holiday

Date: 1940
Description: Artwork showing man with his feet up in front of a woodburning stove. A dog is sleeping on the floor at the farmer's feet. A woman uses a rolling pin in an...
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Harry R. Sharpe Home

Date: 04 11 1949
Description: Kitchen in the Harry R. Sharpe family farm home located on the University of Wisconsin poultry research farm, 5101 Mineral Point Road. An old gas range sto...
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H.D. Brainard Home at Lone Rock

Date: 03 10 1950
Description: A bed and wooden chest stand in the master bedroom of the home of Mr. and Mrs. H.D. Brainard. The home was the former 1878 "old Don Johnson farm" in Bear V...
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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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Richard Quinney's First Birthday

Date: 1935
Description: Richard Quinney looks out the window of the farmhouse on his first birthday. Next to him on the windowsill sits a cake with one candle.
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Richard, Ralph and Floyd Quinney

Date: 1936
Description: Young Richard Quinney and his new brother Ralph seated on their father's lap in a chair on the farmhouse's porch.
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Children Alone in Farmhouse

Date: 04 1926
Description: Exterior view of two girls standing at the closed window of a farmhouse while their parents are away. Photograph taken for International Harvester's Agricu...
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Elm Valley Farm

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Description: A woman sets tables and chairs for a meal inside the dining room at Elm Valley Farm.
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Elm Valley Farm

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Description: Exterior of the main house at Elm Valley Farm. A porch and balcony surround the left portion of the house and several people sit in chairs on a patio with...
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Food Storage

Date: 1931
Description: Jars of food are stored in an opened cabinet within a farmhouse kitchen.
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Breakfast Nook

Date: 1931
Description: Two benches, and a table covered with a cloth is set with a vase of flowers and a creamer dish, are standing beneath curtained windows in a farmhouse break...
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Living Room

Date: 1929
Description: A couch, several wooden chairs, and a table are arranged in the living room of Mrs. Sam Barns.
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Sleeping Porch

Date: 1925
Description: Four beds line either side of the sleeping porch at the farmhouse of J.E. Joyce. A telephone is hanging on the wall and striped curtains are covering the o...
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Woman in Farmhouse Living Room

Date: 1931
Description: Miss Lielle Geddis sitting in a rocking chair while reading an issue of "Country Gentleman" magazine in the living room of her home.
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Farm Scene

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Description: A horse and carriage drives down a lane past a farmhouse, barns, and a windmill.
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West View Farmhouse

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Description: Exterior view of West View Farmhouse, built in 1870. Rocking chairs can be seen on the house's porch.
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Farmhouse

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Description: A woman stands on the porch of her farmhouse. Published by W.I. Smith.
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Hyde's Farmhouse

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Description: Two men stand outside Hyde's farmhouse on Chena Slough.
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Canning Chicken at Holden's Farm

Date: 1925
Description: Two women working at P.G. Holden's Farm canning chicken. On the table there is canning equipment, chicken, and open cans.

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