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Amund and Siri Rustebakke and Women with Spinning Wheels

Date: 1873
Description: Amund Rustebakke, standing in doorway, and Siri Rustebakke, center, sitting, in front of a house with her daughters and daughter-in-law and four spinning w...
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Donald Farmstead near Mount Vernon

Date: 01 23 1934
Description: James Sweet Donald farmstead, built in 1858, on the "Rock View Farm," now called Vernon Valley Farms, at 1972 Hwy 92 near Mount Vernon. It is on the Nation...
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Jerome Skaalen Family and Farm

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Description: The Skaalen family stands in the front yard of their farm house. To their right are men on a tobacco wagon. The 1985 address of this farm was 1773 Country ...
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Reverend Jakob Aall Ottesen

Date: 1874
Description: The Reverend Jakob Aall Ottesen (1825-1904), his wife Cathinka Doderlein Ottesen, their family and visitors are posing in a yard around a table set for cof...
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Jakob Ottesen and Group

Date: 1874
Description: On the left, Jakob Ottesen is holding a long-stemmed pipe, and behind him a ladder is leaning against a tree. At his feet, a large dog is stretched out. Th...
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Williamson Family Poses outside with Grandmother

Date: 1873
Description: A family poses in a yard around a table. The grandmother appears to have an embroidery hoop in her lap. In the background on the right is a grindstone. Fur...
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Adults at a Table Near House

Date: 1872
Description: Fifteen adults are seated around table being served coffee in the yard. One woman sits at the spinning wheel and another at a sewing machine. The Greek Rev...
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Abraham C. Martin and Family

Date: 1871
Description: Springfield Township, Dane County (Section 22) corner of Fischer Road and Highway 12, Wi. Abraham C. Martin, a farmer and dairyman with his family in fron...
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Men on Chimneys

Date: 1874
Description: A unusual scene on an unidentified farmstead probably located near Pleasant Springs, Wisconsin. A family is posed in the yard of a frame house, as is usual...
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Halle Steensland Home

Date: 1878
Description: The Halle Steensland home, an impressive two-story brick house in Maple Bluff, with five family members posed along the front porches. It is possible this ...
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Joseph Statz Farmhouse

Date: 02 03 1974
Description: A vine-covered stone house, 3400 Tallyho Lane, built by Joseph Statz about 1855. Later owned by builder David Stephens and then by Forest & Leonore Middle...
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Tornado Damage

Date: 07 23 1944
Description: Tornado damage in Truax Field area. The Anderson house chimney was damaged, and the trees surrounding it were uprooted.
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Monona Farm

Date: 1927
Description: Monona Farm, operated by the Quaker Oats Company.
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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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Farmer with Boys and Horses

Date: 1922
Description: Farmer and three boys posing with five horses in front of a house.
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Farmhouse Facade

Date: 04 1963
Description: Facade detail of a farmhouse with vertical siding, seen through nearby trees. Photographed on the bottomlands of the Wisconsin River north of Mazomanie.
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Larsen Farmhouse

Date: 1964
Description: Restored farmhouse residence owned by John Larsen.
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Fitts Family Prepares to Move From Farm House

Date: 02 18 1964
Description: Brick farm house on Old Sauk Road near Gammon Road (the old Carl Meyer place). Rented to the George Meyer family in 1961.
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Keystone House

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Description: This is number one in Stanley Hanks' collection of four prints of the Keystone House in Shorewood. This historic stone farmhouse, at 901 University Bay Dri...
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Rephotographic Pair: 4718 Odana Road

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Description: A vintage view and a modern view of 4718 Odana Road, presented as a pair. The vintage view shows the Piper Brothers Farm. The modern view shows a house wit...

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