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Farm and Rural Homestead

Date: 1890
Description: Bucolic scene in Wisconsin illustrates agricultural prosperity after the depression.
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Three Doored Barn

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Description: A barn with three open doors. Through the main door to the barn, hay is visible.
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Men Working With Tractor and Threshing Machinery

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Description: A crew of men inspect a tractor next to a barn, while other men work with a threshing machine in the background.
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Construction of a Stone Foundation Barn

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Description: Two men stand on the rafters of an unfinished, stone foundation barn.
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Studio Portrait of Two Young Boys

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Description: Two young boys pose for a studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop. One stands behind a wooden fence while the other sits on a bale of hay. They both...
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Man with Hogs near Barn

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Description: Man with hat is posed standing on two squashes, perhaps pumpkins, while holding a corn stalk in front of a barn with a dog. A large group of hogs are group...
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Woman with Children in Barnyard

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Description: A portrait of a woman in a straw hat holding a horse in a barnyard and carrying hay in her left hand. There is an infant on the ground to her left, and a b...
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Man with Hogs near Barn

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Description: Man with hat is posed standing while holding a corn stalk in front of a barn with a dog. A large group of hogs are grouped in front of him.
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Farm Buildings

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Description: View across dirt road of farmyard. A man on the left stands with two horses in front of a barn. In the center there appears to be two women sitting in a b...
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Barn and Cows

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Description: Elevated view from hill of farm buildings, barn, windmill, and cows in a pasture surrounded by a wooden fence. A sign on the barn door reads: "No Smoking."
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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...
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Men Operating Farm Machinery

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Description: Elevated view of men and boys operating a steam tractor used for belt-driven threshing machinery. Farm buildings are on the right, and one has a thatched r...
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Men Operating Farm Machinery

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Description: A group of men are operating a steam tractor and threshing machinery near farm buildings. Three men are posing in the foreground near the tractor, and anot...
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Men Operating Farm Machinery

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Description: Men operating a steam tractor and threshing machinery near farm buildings. The negative is double exposed and shows the outline of a photographer's wagon.
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Men Operating Farm Machinery

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Description: Men operating a steam tractor and threshing machinery near farm buildings. Two men are posing on the right with the tractor. On the left a group of men are...
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Road and Hay Field

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Description: Unpaved road on a slope bordered by a fenced hay field. A house and outbuildings are in the far background.
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Haystacks in Field

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Description: Haystacks in a field behind a wooden fence. Hills and bluffs are in the far background.
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Cows in Front of Snowy Barn

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Description: Elevated view of a group of cows in a snow covered yard in front of a barn. There is a wagon and a large haystack on the left. A forested hill is in the ba...
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Hogs and Chickens

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Description: Group of hogs eating corn cobs strewn on the ground, with chickens walking among them. In the background are stacks of hay, and beyond is a field and line ...
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Farm Buildings and Large Haystack

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Description: View across field towards farm buildings. In the foreground are tree stumps, a large tree, and fences, a haystack, and wagons. There is a two-story frame h...

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