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Case Combine at Hill Farm

Date: 08 02 1926
Description: Man cutting and threshing with Case 9-foot combine at the University of Wisconsin Hill Farm.
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Man on Combine

Date: 08 02 1926
Description: Man cutting and threshing with Case 9-foot combine, at University of Wisconsin Hill Farm.
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Man on Combine

Date: 08 02 1926
Description: Man cutting and threshing with Case 9-foot combine, at the University of Wisconsin Hill Farm.
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Lunch Break

Date: 1915
Description: Field workers take a lunch break outdoors. The man holding the food is Frank Haack and the woman taking a bite is his sister-in-law, Anna Bollenbeck.
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Halvor Nerison Hauge's Farm

Date: 1874
Description: People in a field standing around a mower, with a farmstead and windmill in background, looking west. Halvor Nerison Hauge (1830-1906) purchased the farm i...
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View From Southeast Shore of Lake Monona

Date: 1875
Description: View from Southeast shore of Lake Monona across a cornfield, perhaps on the farm of Thomas Williamson.
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Wisconsin State Hospital for the Insane

Date: 1872
Description: Wisconsin State Hospital for the Insane (Mendota Mental health Institute) is seen in the distance in this long view from across cornfields.
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Onon Bjorn Dahle Store

Date: 1872
Description: The Onon Bjorn Dahle Store with a pile of boxes to the left and a cornfield on the right.
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E. Thorsen Farm

Date: 1874
Description: The E. Thorsen farm in Springdale.
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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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Tornado Damage

Date: 07 23 1944
Description: Tornado damage at Truax Field area. Barn damage with house in background. Two horses survived in the barn despite the damage around them.
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Man Tending Corn Plants

Date: 10 1946
Description: Man in cornfield, tending a plant.
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Man in Field

Date: 10 1946
Description: Man (Mr. Goodyear?) holding a muskmelon in an agricultural field.
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Corn Binder in Field

Date: 1902
Description: Left side profile view of a farmer using a horse-drawn corn binder in a field.
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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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Youth Detasseling Corn

Date: 08 03 1949
Description: From left to right: Carole Ballinger, Joyce Anderson, and Nancy Toepfer detassel corn as part of their summer jobs.
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Holstein Cows Grazing in Field

Date: 10 20 1963
Description: A small herd of Holstein cows graze in a field. Beyond the cows are cornfields, and in the background are trees on a small ridge line.
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Empty Billboard

Date: 1970
Description: An empty billboard stands on factory grounds. In the background, field crops are visible.
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Cornfield

Date: 07 04 1960
Description: View of a cornfield and wooded ridge at sunrise.
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War Relief Work

Date: 06 15 1950
Description: World War II war relief work. Man pitching hay.

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