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Cows Drink from Tank in Pasture

Date: 08 1929
Description: Cows drinking water from a tank in a rural pasture.
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Kruegers with Milk Cans

Date: 06 09 1935
Description: Elna and little Shirley Krueger with milk cans on the Krueger farm.
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Carcajou Pasteur

Date: 1920
Description: View of a rocky pasture with some small, distant farm buildings, and a few farm animals grazing.
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Carcajou Kayaks at Dock

Date: 1920
Description: View of pasture land, with a bit of the Lake Koshkonong in the foreground, a wooden dock that is little more than planks, and several kayaks docked.
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Lake Koshkonong

Date: 1920
Description: View of farm buildings in the background on the top of a hill, with the shore of the lake in the foreground.
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Carcajou Farm and Grazing Cattle

Date: 1920
Description: View of grazing cattle, and pigs, in a field, with a farmhouse in the background.
Postcard

Tall-tale Postcard: Fishing with Turtle

Date: 1919
Description: Photomontage of a fisherman in a rowboat catching a giant turtle. The male companion of the fisherman has fallen in and lost his hat amidst the excitement....
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Krueger Homestead

Date: 04 12 1900
Description: View of the farm buildings of the Krueger homestead. The fields are covered with one foot of snow.
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Herman Backhaus Farm

Date: 05 1900
Description: View of the Herman Backhaus farm buildings from across the Rock River. Four people are sitting in a rowboat. Other people are standing along the shoreline ...
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Edna Leonard

Date: 1932
Description: Edna Leonard, a student at Northey School, poses on a horse on the Fred Leonard farm. There is an automobile and other horses in the background, as well as...
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Gust Wendorf

Date: 10 20 1901
Description: Gust Wendorf standing on a small rock wall. A view of his farm is in the background.
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Posing with Horses

Date: 1903
Description: Gust Wendorf, standing in the center, is holding the halters of two horses while his wife, on the right, holds a baby. Mrs. Will stands on the far left, an...
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View of a Farmhouse

Date: 1960
Description: View across lawn towards a farmhouse obscured by a tree. A windmill is on the left next to the house, and farm buildings are in the background.
Print

Frank Fargo Advertisement

Date: 1904
Description: An advertising card includes a photograph of a man in an open carriage holding the reins of a team of Holstein-Friesian cattle. Two well-dressed men are si...
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Disking

Date: 1917
Description: Stuart Fargo sitting on a disk pulled by a team of four horses on the F.B. Fargo farm.
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Storm Damage

Date: 05 1914
Description: A large section of roof is on the ground in the foreground, sections of timber framing have collapsed, and exposed framing on a standing section of a build...
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The Fargo Boys at the Farm

Date: 07 1916
Description: Frank Fargo Jr. is resting his elbow on his older brother Stuart's shoulder as they are posing standing in front of a large tent. Both are wearing bib over...
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Jones Maple

Date: 1982
Description: A large maple standing on the Jones Dairy Farm. It was planted by Icabod Cole, the father of Mrs. Milo (Mary Frances Cole) Jones. There is snow on the grou...
Postcard

The Bank of the Crawfish

Date: 09 01 1919
Description: Photographic postcard view of a river, with part of an outbuilding in the foreground on the left. On the opposite shoreline is a farm, with farmhouse, barn...
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First Year of School for a Cambridge Farm Girl

Date: 08 16 1957
Description: Barbara Notstad holding one of the ten kittens on the family farm that she will miss when she goes to school for her first year at Rockdale School near Cam...

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