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Farm and Rural Homestead

Date: 1890
Description: Bucolic scene in Wisconsin illustrates agricultural prosperity after the depression.
Photograph

Aerial View of Contour Strip Farming

Date: 1958
Description: Aerial view of contour strip farming with the Obert Olstad farm in foreground. The Carl Backum farm is in the background.
Photograph

International Truck Hauling Hay along Country Road

Date: 07 14 1926
Description: International truck owned by Forestdale Farm hauling hay along a rural Louisiana road.
Book or Pamphlet

Buckeye Mower & Reaper Catalog

Date: 1872
Description: Cover of an advertising catalog for the Buckeye mower and reaper with self-raker manufactured by Adriance, Platt & Company. Features an illustration of a f...
Photograph

Lars Davidson Reque's Farm with Men and Boys

Date: 
Description: In this tableau, men and boys stand at the edge of the field in elaborate and fanciful poses. The man on the left holds a hoe and cake while the one on the...
Photograph

Men in Car on Dirt Road

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Description: Four men in a car with the number four on the front is driving up a dirt road surrounded by fields. Hay bales are in the field on the right.
Postcard

The Newly Improved Turner Opera House

Date: 
Description: Exterior view of the Turner Opera Hose with the Manitowoc County Courthouse in the background. Horses pull a wagonload of hay at right. Caption reads: "The...
Photograph

View Down Main Street

Date: 1910
Description: Main Street lined with street lights. Several horse-drawn carts are carrying hay down the street.
Photograph

International Type A Tractor with Ohio Hay Press

Date: 1910
Description: Man operating an International Type A Tractor with an "Ohio" hay press.
Photograph

Gathering Hay

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Description: Two men and a boy are shown gathering hay. The hay is being loaded onto a wagon pulled by two horses. A brook and a road are in the background. Caption rea...
Photograph

Horse-drawn Wagon

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Description: View of a horse-drawn wagon loaded with hay. Farm buildings can be seen beyond fields and horses.
Photograph

Men and Boys Riding on Hay Wagon

Date: 1930
Description: View of two boys and a man sitting on top of a loaded hay wagon hitched up to one horse wearing a fly-net and blinders. A man in a suit is standing next to...
Photograph

The Hay Crop

Date: 1895
Description: A promotional card advertising the large amounts of hay that can be growth in northern Wisconsin. The image shows three men posing on and beside a wagon ca...
Painting

State Fair Centennial Mural Study Sketch

Date: 1948
Description: Prior to the 1948 State Fair, artist Robert Hodgell traveled Wisconsin to study its many landscapes. He then produced a series of study sketches outlining ...
Photograph

Road and Hay Field

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

Dairy Farm

Date: 1948
Description: A painting of a dairy farm, which was part of the State Fair Centennial mural.
Print

Wisconsin Hills

Date: 
Description: Engraved print of a man riding atop a wagonload of hay pulled by a horse along a road in a hilly rural area. On the left is a barn and silos.
Postcard

Haywagon on a Village Street

Date: 1913
Description: Photographic postcard of a haywagon pulled through a village by two horses. The driver is perched on top of the load. One horse wears a blanket with printi...
Photograph

Edwin Lally Pushing a Wheelbarrow

Date: 1903
Description: Edwin Lally standing on a dirt road next to a fence pushing a wheelbarrow. Farm buildings and haystacks are beyond the fence.
Photograph

Late Summer on a Farm

Date: 
Description: Black and white photograph of the painting titled "Late Summer." The painting depicts a farmhouse and a barn.

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