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Farm Yard with Windmill

Date: 1900
Description: Three people stand in the farm yard. The man on the right is feeding chickens, a woman in the center stands holding an apron. The man on the left is carryi...
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Killing Hogs

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Description: Rheinhardt Schmidt, August Krueger, Alex Goetsch, and Fred Hannaman standing in front of farm buildings, next to hogs hanging from a tree.
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Farm and Home Week Tea at Governor's Residence

Date: 02 03 1958
Description: Wisconsin's first lady Mrs. Vernon (Helen) Thomson hosts a tea at the executive residence at 101 Cambridge Road. Among the 200 guests were, left to right, ...
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Annual Farm and Home Week

Date: 02 05 1957
Description: Two sisters from Mauston, Mrs. Thomas Shelton, left, and Mrs. William T. Walsh, consulting a program for the annual University of Wisconsin Farm and Home W...
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Annual Farm and Home Week

Date: 02 05 1957
Description: Walter Ladwig of Juda (left) and Oscar Wold of Hillsboro reading The "Wisconsin State Journal" between sessions at the annual University of Wisconsin's Far...
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Annual Farm and Home Week

Date: 02 05 1957
Description: Two home economics extension workers comparing notes during the annual University of Wisconsin's Farm and Home Week. At left is Edith Bangham of Madison, a...
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Annual Farm and Home Week

Date: 02 05 1957
Description: Kenneth Zeismer of Fall River holding his son Jimmy during the annual University of Wisconsin's Farm and Home Week.
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Annual Farm and Home Week

Date: 02 05 1957
Description: Fond du Lac County agricultural agent George Massey looking over an exhibit of early household equipment at the annual University of Wisconsin's Farm and H...
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University of Wisconsin Farm and Home Week Exhibits

Date: 02 03 1958
Description: Mrs. Herman Erfurth (Verona), Mrs. Edgar Messer (Beaver Dam), and Mrs. LaVerne Johnson (Verona). There is a mannequin, (in the background) and women are vi...
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Sarah and Florentina Krueger in Costume

Date: 1910
Description: Sarah and Florentina Krueger standing in front of a barn in costume. Sarah is dressed in traditional Pomeranian attire and is holding a bucket and milking...
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Chickens on the Farm

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Description: A very happy grandmother stands in the farmyard with a granddaughter, a cow and many chickens. In the background is the farmhouse.
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Chipping Wood on the Farm

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Description: An early wood chipper with belts and a steam engine is closely watched by the William Fiebelkorn farm workers. The postcard is addressed to Anna Fiebelkorn...
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Chickens on the Farm

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Description: A smiling grandfather has his arm around a toddler granddaughter. A toddler boy is standing next to them. They are surrounded by chickens, and behind them ...
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Making Barrel Staves

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Description: Behind a barbed wire fence a man is splitting log rounds into barrel staves. The staves are stacked neatly to dry.
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Feeding the Chicken and Geese

Date: 1900
Description: An unidentified woman standing near a shed is feeding chickens and geese in the barnyard.
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A Bucolic Scene

Date: 1900
Description: Two young women and a girl stand in a pasture with a cow and a calf. One of the women is holding a pail; the other a sprig of flowers.
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Barn Raising in Sheboygan County

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Description: A large group of men are using log poles to pull the side of a new timber framed barn up to meet the roof line.
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Barn Raising in Sheboygan County

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Description: A large group of men pause briefly in their work of raising this large timber framed barn.
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Barn Raising in Sheboygan County

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Description: Four men pause in their work of building a new, large barn. They are all wearing hats for protection from the sun.
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Sausage Making at the Fiebelkorn Farm

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Description: Three generations of the Fiebelkorn family make sausage in the family farm kitchen. On the table is a sausage stuffing implement, a meat grinder, and a sau...

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