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McCord Rock, Devil's Rock, Donald's Rock, Preacher's Cap

Date: 1876
Description: View of a farmstead with fences, haystacks and a wooden outbuilding. Two men are posing on top of McCord Rock, one of them saluting with his hat. Another ...
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Distant View of Clinton across Koshonong Creek

Date: 1874
Description: Elevated view from hill of Clinton, now Rockdale. Three men are in the middle distance, looking east across Koshonong Creek towards a mill dam, bridge and ...
Book or Pamphlet

Deering Corn Machines Catalog Cover

Date: 1914
Description: Cover of an advertising catalog for Deering Corn Machines manufactured by International Harvester. Features an illustration of a small bridge over a stream...
Photograph

Southern Wisconsin Farm Scene

Date: 1930
Description: A farm and brook in Southern Wisconsin. Several trees hang over the brook along with a trace of snow.
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Country Valley

Date: 05 30 1962
Description: A country valley with a winding stream. A farmhouse with barn and silo are on the right.
Photograph

Winding Country Stream

Date: 05 26 1963
Description: A steam winds through a meadow. In the background are trees and a fence.
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Cornfield

Date: 1925
Description: Corn shocks stand in a field with several pumpkins on the ground. There is a stream or river along the field, and in the background is a bridge over a dam...
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The Falls

Date: 
Description: View toward two waterfalls flowing over rocks into a ravine. One waterfall is held back by a dam and the other is traversed by a railroad bridge. Trees and...
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Cowboys and Cowgirls on Horses

Date: 1908
Description: Elevated view of men and women on horseback in a strem. On the shoreline at the right is a horse-drawn carriage . Trees are further down the shoreline, and...
Painting

Haying Time

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Description: A farm boy is riding the "hay-fork horse" as the farmer is loading hay into the barn during haying time in July.
Painting

Silo Filling

Date: 1980
Description: Farmers work cooperatively with their horse teams on silo-filling activities early in autumn. Rows of green forage are created in the fields and carried to...
Postcard

The Spring, Decatur Park

Date: 11 31 1910
Description: Colorized postcard view of The Spring in Decatur Park. A man is sitting near the spring. There is a bridge on the right, and many trees. Text in red in the...
Photograph

Richardson Farm

Date: 
Description: The Richardson Farm stands at the far edge of a farm field with a creek running through it and animals grazing. The farmhouse is white and surrounded by tr...
Photograph

Looking Down Mill Creek

Date: 1912
Description: View across the creek of two houses.
Photograph

Scenic View — Bridge

Date: 
Description: View of a bridge over a stream. In the foreground is a tree. Residential homes are in the distance.
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Bridge and Dam

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Description: Elevated view of a stream with a dam and a bridge. There is a small fenced garden along the water. In the distance is a hillside with houses.
Book or Pamphlet

McCormick-Deering Cream Separators and Milkers Brochure

Date: 1937
Description: Cover of an advertising brochure for the McCormick-Deering cream separators and milking machines (milkers). Includes the text: "For One Cow or a Hundred" a...
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Cows Resting by Stream

Date: 1935
Description: View down hill of a group of cows resting by a stream near trees and a fence. A handwritten caption reads: "Hamilton, Ontario. Dairy Cows near city. Taken ...
Photograph

Fishing

Date: 1931
Description: View across water towards a group of pupils from the Dyer School fishing from the banks of a stream "about a mile south of school." They are using long can...
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Elephants Foot Rock

Date: 
Description: View from above of Elephant's Foot Rock with Woodstock in the valley below.

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