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Koehler Family in a Garden

Date: 09 04 1895
Description: Julius Koehler family in their garden in front of their newly built frame home. The original Koehler farm was destroyed by forest fire in July of 1894, evi...
Print

McCormick Catalog Cover

Date: 1895
Description: Color lithograph cover illustration for the McCormick Harvesting Machine Company catalog. Shows a portrait of Cyrus Hall McCormick over an illustration of ...
Postcard

Farmworkers Taking a Break

Date: 1913
Description: Group of farm workers, men and women, posing in a field, holding various beverages. One man has his arm over a barrel on a stand in the center. In the back...
Photograph

Mr. and Mrs. Moody Price

Date: 07 30 1946
Description: Mrs. and Mrs. Moody Price. Mrs. Price recorded a tune for song collector Helene Stratman-Thomas.
Photograph

Andrew Amundsen Family Pose near House

Date: 1870
Description: The Andrew Amundsen family posing in front of their frame house with some of their furniture. A quilt is on the back of one chair and a shawl is on the bac...
Photograph

Family at Board Fence

Date: 1875
Description: Family posed at board fence of brick house. Two woman, one holding a parasol, are standing in front of the fence on the left near the gate. Two men are sta...
Photograph

Sjur Starkson Reque Home

Date: 1874
Description: The Sjur Starkson Reque home. From left to right, seated, are Martha Reque, Mari Reque Lee, Brita Reque Quale, Nels Lee and Ole Quale. Standing are Anna Ma...
Photograph

Wagon Toll Bridge

Date: 1909
Description: Wagon toll bridge. There is a building on the left, and a man is sitting on a bench on the right side of the road leading onto the bridge.
Poster

Deering Harvester Advertising Poster

Date: 1899
Description: Advertising poster featuring color illustation of three men and a dog watching a farmer harvest grain with a horse-drawn Deering Ideal grain binder. The me...
Photograph

Portrait of Thomas Greene

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Description: Portrait of Thomas Greene, seated outdoors in a chair, holding a cane. There is a fence and trees in the background.
Painting

Marquette and Joliet Discover the Mississippi River

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Description: A painting depicting Marquette and Joliet in a birch bark canoe with two other men during their excursion on the Mississippi River, which they discovered o...
Photograph

La Follette Family at Maple Bluff Farm

Date: 1909
Description: The La Follette family pose with Dr. Philip Fox La Follette outdoors at the Maple Bluff farm. Shown here are Philip Fox La Follette, Belle Case La Follette...
Photograph

Grandall's House

Date: 1899
Description: A path made of wooden planks leads through a tangle of shrubs and other small plants leading to Grandall's house, a two-story brick structure. A man stands...
Photograph

Farm Irrigation

Date: 1920
Description: A man crouching in a farm field near a wooden tool, possibly doing irrigation work. A dirt road behind the man leads to several buildings and a water tower...
Photograph

Third Wisconsin Civil War Veterans' Reunion

Date: 1915
Description: Third Wisconsin Civil War veterans' reunion, posed on the lawn in front of the Beloit Public Library.
Photograph

Vicksburg Surrender Monument

Date: 04 1902
Description: Confederate veterans at the Vicksburg Surrender Monument, on the occasion of decorating Union soldiers' graves.
Photograph

Photograph of a Man Photographing Himself

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Description: A photograph of a man, M. Newman, taking a picture of himself outdoors. He appears twice. The photographer used a double exposure to create the picture. He...
Photograph

Roecker or Ehler Barn

Date: 2004
Description: John and Tammy Roecker with their children Cayla 3, Courtlyn 4, and (not pictured) Cody & Cassie. They live across the road from this barn at W4161 Mountai...
Photograph

Roecker or Ehler Barn — Alternate View

Date: 2004
Description: The Roeckers, who live across the road, have lived there for 1 1/2 years. These farm buildings are owned by Rob Ehlers of Mayville.
Photograph

Professor Perry Holden

Date: 1915
Description: Professor Perry Holden standing outdoors in a tweed overcoat and fedora. Holden was in charge of International Harvester's Agricultural Extension Departmen...

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