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Farm and Rural Homestead

Date: 1890
Description: Bucolic scene in Wisconsin illustrates agricultural prosperity after the depression.
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Alexander Lake's Nursery

Date: 1896
Description: A boy and a man are holding up small white pine trees, while workers are planting them at Alexander Lake's nursery. In the background are horses and wagons...
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Man with Calf and Cow

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Description: A man stands on a road in front of a wire fence and field, and holds the end of a rope tied around the neck of a calf.
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Men Using Tractor and Threshing Machine

Date: 1897
Description: Large group portrait of men and young boys operating a steam tractor that is being used for belt-driven threshing machinery in a field. In the foreground a...
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Couple in Field

Date: 1899
Description: Man sitting on chair, and woman standing with hand on his shoulder, in a field with a wooden fence in the background. He holds a hat in his hands. She is d...
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Cornfields

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Description: Cornfield and views of houses from a hill.
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Three Doored Barn

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Description: A barn with three open doors. Through the main door to the barn, hay is visible.
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Man and Cattle

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Description: A man, possibly Virgil Taylor, is standing in a pen that is holding two short-horned cattle, one of which is drinking or eating from a bucket.
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Girl Watching Cows

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Description: A young girl stands in a field watching cows.
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Farmer Feeding Hogs

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Description: A farmer is carrying buckets, presumably to feed his hogs that are following him in the pen.
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Man with Plow Driving Team

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Description: A man stands with a team of horses ready to plow a field.
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Blowing Grain Into Barn

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Description: A blower is attached to a steam tractor by a belt and blows grain into a barn. A man stands by the tractor while others stand on the blower near the barn.
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Men Working With Tractor and Threshing Machinery

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Description: A crew of men inspect a tractor next to a barn, while other men work with a threshing machine in the background.
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Windmill

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Description: View of a farm with machinery attached to the bottom of a windmill. Windmills were usually used to pump water for livestock. The water was pumped into a ta...
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Farmer and Steam Tractor

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Description: A farmer leans on a steam tractor in a field.
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Two Women and a Steam Tractor

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Description: Two women pose standing on a steam tractor.
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Two Men and Steam Tractor

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Description: Two men sit atop a steam tractor that is pulling logs.
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Man with Horses in Snow-Covered Field

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Description: A man and six horses standing in a snow-covered field on a hill.
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Farmers with Team of Horses

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Description: A farmer drives a team of three horses hitched to a manure spreader. Another man stands next to the team, holding an additional horse by its reins.
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Boy with Dog in Farmyard

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Description: A young boy calls a dog in a farmyard with cattle in the background. A shadow is cast next to the boy, possibly Van Schaick's.

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