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Map or Atlas

Bird's-Eye View of Chilton, Wisconsin

Date: 1878
Description: Bird's-eye map of Chilton with insets of points of interest, including P.H. Becker's Brewery, Chilton House, and Gutheil's Block.
Photograph

Spraying Potatoes with Pesticide

Date: 06 1923
Description: Men using the "big sprayer" to apply pesticide to garden potatoes at R.R. Robertson's farm.
Photograph

Taliesin Before Fire

Date: 1913
Description: Elevated, exterior view of Taliesin, including a man in a horse-drawn carriage in the courtyard. Taliesin is located in the vicinity of Spring Green, Wisco...
Print

Francis Dillon Residence

Date: 1873
Description: Engraved view of the home of Francis Dillon. A woman rides on the road in front of the home in a horse-drawn carriage. A woman stands on the porch of the h...
Drawing

Alexander Mitchell Estate

Date: 1872
Description: Lithograph elevated view of the Alexander Mitchell home and gardens seen from the corner of Ninth and Spring Streets. Pedestrians, horse-riders and a horse...
Photograph

Garden of Joseph of Arimathea and Damascus Road #1712

Date: 1893
Description: A replication of the crucifixion of Jesus Christ. Depicted is the Damascus Road and the garden of Joseph of Arimathea. Joseph of Arimathea was a wealthy ma...
Photograph

Garden of Joseph of Arimathea and Tomb #1713

Date: 1893
Description: A replication of the crucifixion of Jesus Christ. Depicted is the garden of Joseph of Arimathea and the tomb where Jesus is believed to be the buried. A Ro...
Photograph

Taliesin I Courtyard

Date: 1912
Description: Taliesin I courtyard from the "brow" of the hill looking toward the entry loggia. A young girl on a horse is talking to a young boy under the porte-cochere...
Photograph

Taliesin II Courtyard Looking Northwest

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Description: Elevated view looking northwest into the courtyard of the Taliesin II from the roof of the residence. The reconfigured roof of the studio space as well as ...
Photograph

Taliesin II Courtyard Looking West

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Description: View of the west end of the courtyard in Taliesin II as seen from the residence. Two horses are in the background behind a gate.
Photograph

Farm Scene

Date: 1905
Description: A man stands with a horse near a small barn. A buggy and wagon are parked nearby. There are two small sheds or outhouses near a garden plot and a haystack ...
Photograph

Onion Fields of John Hass

Date: 07 31 1895
Description: Chas B. Howe standing in his garden, holding cabbages, beets, onions, and turnips. The garden is located on the farm of John Hass, with 1.5 acres of onions...
Photograph

Large Group of People in Yard Outside Log House

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Description: Large group, thirty or so, of men, women, children and infants posing standing in the yard of a house in front of and behind a wooden fence. In the center ...
Photograph

Garden and Farm Buildings

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Description: View from garden towards two women posing standing near the fence for a garden. Behind them, three men are displaying four horses. Another person in the ba...
Historical Object

Wisconsin Thematic Panel 85-90

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Description: 200 years this tree grew here and so did I
We were raised here and brought up young ones
Book or Pamphlet

Planet Jr. Implement Catalogue Cover

Date: 1890
Description: Cover of the Planet Jr. catalog. Features an illustration of a man and young girl (about 5 or 6 years old) in a garden pushing a Planet Jr. Garden Drill to...
Photograph

Group Portrait of Unidentified People at a Picnic

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Description: Outdoor group portrait of a group having a picnic in a garden. Women and children are sitting around blankets on the ground, and women and men are standing...
Photograph

Large Group in Yard Outside Log House

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Description: Large group, thirty or so, of men, women, children and infants posing standing in the yard of a house in front of and behind a wooden fence. In the center ...
Photograph

Unidentified Residence and People

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Description: Outdoor group portrait of a family at their farm. The family is posing on the far right in the yard. On the left near the house is a windmill with a sign f...
Photograph

Henry Jensen and Lawrence Larson Cultivating Garden

Date: 1935
Description: Caption with negative: "Lawrence Larson from International Falls, Minn., and Henry Jensen, Little Fork., Minn., cultivating a community garden at Camp 2. Y...

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