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Family Group in Front of Farm Buildings

Date: 1890
Description: Man and woman posing sitting, each holding a child in their lap, and a young man, girl, and a boy holding a toy horn, are posing standing. The group is pos...
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The Union House Tavern

Date: 1900
Description: The Union House Tavern, known as Schulkamp's Corner Saloon, 2601 East Washington Avenue at Milwaukee Street. A group of men are standing on the porch holdi...
Book or Pamphlet

Lily Cream Separator Catalog

Date: 1916
Description: Cover of an advertising catalog for International Harvester's Lily brand of cream separators showing a woman drinking a cup of water from a hand-pump, and ...
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Beer Drinkers

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Description: A group of men near the Koss railroad depot, the majority of whom are seated on the ground. One of the men is sitting on a piano stool. To the right of the...
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Men Gathered at Water Pump

Date: 1909
Description: Group of men and a boy gathered near a body of water. The men are sitting around a water pump.
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Farm Adjacent to Rural Lane

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Description: Farm adjacent to a rural lane. Dairy, beef cattle, sheep and horses are inside a snake or split-rail enclosure. Behind them is an end-loaded barn with a ta...
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Family Grouped around Table by House

Date: 1879
Description: A family is grouped around a table, including a man with a top hat, two dolls on the ground between two small girls and a woman holding a closed fan. Behin...
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Family Posing near Porch of House

Date: 1874
Description: A family stands in the yard, on the porch, and on the porch roof of an impressive house with elegant scrollwork on its porch posts and roof. A bird cage ha...
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Family by Stone House

Date: 1879
Description: Family in front of fence with stone house that has a fan window on the side, two small stone additions and screen door in background. There is a log buildi...
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People by House with False Storefront

Date: 1872
Description: People standing in front of a house with a false storefront. A man is standing on the porch by a hand-pump. There is a woodpile in the yard behind a woman ...
Book or Pamphlet

International Harvester Company Low Spread Manure Spreaders

Date: 1914
Description: Cover of an advertising catalog for International Harvester Low Spread manure spreaders. Features an illustration of a man encouraging his horses to drink ...
Photograph

Power Unit Operating Water Well

Date: 09 17 1937
Description: A.C. White, contractor, stands near a rotary water well rig powered by an International P-12 power unit mounted on a truck.
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Charles Brown at Pump

Date: 1925
Description: Charles E. Brown stands beside a chain and crank operated water pump. Brown was the curator of the museum of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin and ...
Photograph

Man Operating Hand Water Pump

Date: 1916
Description: A man stands on a wood platform and uses a hand operated water pump to fill a metal bucket.
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Depot

Date: 1909
Description: Exterior view from railroad tracks of the Depot. Four men are standing alongside the depot building near a wheeled cart. The building features two signs, o...
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Leaky Top of Well

Date: 02 1928
Description: A boy wearing a winter coat and hat is pumping water from a well into ladles two other boys are holding. A shed, wheelbarrow, and wood scraps are in the ba...
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Public School

Date: 1921
Description: View up hill of two men standing at the entrance of the public school. There is a hand-pump near the entrance, and a bell tower on the roof of the school.
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Horseback Rider at Eggert's Resort

Date: 1935
Description: View up hill of a man sitting on a horse in front of cabin with a log foundation. Two other unsaddled horses are also in the yard along with two dogs. Ther...
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Farm Hazard: Old Wooden Pump

Date: 1926
Description: A man pumps water from an old wooden pump into a tin cup. This photo was taken for International Harvester's Agricultural Extension Department to illustrat...
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District School House in the Woods

Date: 08 01 1895
Description: Exterior view of the district school house property, with a young boy standing on the front steps. There is a hand-pump on a wood platform in front of the ...

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