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Tobacco Farming

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Description: Farmers harvesting and loading tobacco on a tobacco rack to take to a shed.
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Charles Green

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Description: Charles Green, the last survivor of the African American colony at Pleasant Ridge (near Lancaster, WI) looks out over the community graveyard.
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Dale Farm

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Description: A scrapbook page containing five photographs of John R. Commons and farm labor. The handwriting in the center reads: "Dale Farm with AL and Windy." Caption...
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Cassville from the Park

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Description: Caption reads: "View from the park". View down dirt road, with a large deciduous tree on the left side of the road, and a cornfield on the right. In the di...
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Sweep Horsepower Threshing

Date: 1890
Description: Sweep horsepower threshing. Men and products lined up near the machinery with a large haystack on the left.
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Battle Hollow

Date: 1898
Description: The site of the encounter between Black Hawk and his followers and General Henry.
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Lodi

Date: 1870
Description: Stereograph of Lodi, Wisconsin. A field is in the foreground, and the town beyond and hills in the far background.
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California Poppy Field

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Description: A worker is shown in a California poppy field.
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Cutting Sugar Cane

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Description: Workers are shown cutting sugar cane in the fields near New Orleans. Caption reads: "Cutting Sugar Cane In Louisiana."
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Sand Barrens

Date: 04 23 1937
Description: Sand barrens being used for poor crops. Note on back of print reads: "This should be in timber."
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View from Reservoir Bluff

Date: 10 1905
Description: Elevated view from Reservoir Bluff to the east of the town. The bluffs of Iowa can be seen in the distance.
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Green Pea Combine

Date: 1969
Description: A pea combine in use on an unidentified Wisconsin farm.
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Fort Winnebago Surgeon's Quarters Before Restoration

Date: 1919
Description: Fort Winnebago surgeon's quarters before restoration. Plans used in the remodeling of 1834 (furnished by the War department) were employed to determine the...
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Washburn Observatory on Observatory Hill

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Description: View up hill of Washburn Observatory on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. The President's residence and a rear view of Bascom Hall are to the rig...
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Potato Harvest

Date: 1918
Description: Group of seven people seated in a field and eating raw potatoes. The family dog is also present.
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Mower in Field

Date: 1900
Description: A man is using what appears to be a mower drawn by two horses to work in a field. Farm buildings and other workers are in the background, as well as child...
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Ross Peak

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Description: A view of Ross Peak and wheat fields below, 10 miles from Bozeman. Caption reads: "Ross Peak, 10 miles from Bozeman."
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Tree-lined Dirt Road

Date: 1915
Description: A view looking down a tree-lined dirt highway, with an open field on one side and a mountain in the distance.
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Farm Scene

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Description: Three farmers scattered around a field strewn with piles of hay, and a man standing on a pile of hay on a wagon. There is a farmhouse and other buildings i...
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Wallin Brothers Threshing Rig

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Description: Crew of men harvesting grain using horses, a tractor and a thresher. Three men standing in the field at left are wearing suits and hats.

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