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Pond and Farmstead

Date: 1878
Description: View from above, of a pond and a farmstead. A man is in a boat on the water and another man is in a wagon on shore near a fence. In the background are so...
Photograph

Lake Koshkonong

Date: 1920
Description: View of farm buildings in the background on the top of a hill, with the shore of the lake in the foreground.
Photograph

Car on Dirt Road

Date: 
Description: Near Lake Minocqua. View of rear of car driving on narrow dirt road lined with trees along lake which is on the right. A barn and silo are on the shoreline...
Drawing

Birds-Eye Drawing of "Folly Farm"

Date: 
Description: A pen drawing, in the style of a birds-eye map, of Frank and Delia King's estate Folly Farm in Kissimee, Florida.
Photograph

Old Rowboat

Date: 06 04 1961
Description: View from shoreline of an old rowboat in an artificial lake built by the Honey Creek Rod and Gun Club. There is a barn on the far shoreline.
Photograph

Elevated View of Avoca

Date: 1909
Description: An elevated view of a town in the Wisconsin River Valley. Fields surround the town, and low hills are in the far background.
Postcard

The Horseshoe Curve Near Ableman, Wis.

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Description: Colorized postcard of the horseshoe curve of railroad tracks. Elevated view of the railroad tracks with train snaking past a farmhouse and a bridge suspend...
Photograph

South Shore

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Description: View along shoreline of a man and two boys fishing on a wooden dock. A rowboat is pulled up on the shore. Two cars are parked near trees. In the far backgr...
Photograph

View from Bluff Near Crystal Lake

Date: 1925
Description: View from bluff of Crystal Lake and surrounding rolling hills. There is a dairy farm in the foreground at the bottom of the bluff. Cows are grazing in fiel...
Photograph

Lake Kegonsa Near Lake Kegonsa Log Cabins

Date: 1930
Description: View of Lake Kegonsa shoreline, with cottages and boathouses along the shore, and farm buildings on a hill behind. There is a dock with several rowboats in...
Postcard

Greetings from Bear Lake

Date: 1967
Description: Aerial view of Bear Lake, with surrounding forests and farms. Caption reads: "Greetings from Bear Lake."
Historical Object

Wisconsin Thematic Panel 473-481

Date: 
Description: The bargain was that the driven wedge
would never be withdrawn
Photograph

Norwegian Farmers

Date: 
Description: A farming couple pose together on the steps of a building with a sod roof in Nordfjord country. In the background is a lake and a mountain on the far shore...
Photograph

Glenn By Lake

Date: 1958
Description: Glenn Oestreich standing along the shore of a lake. Another person sits on the curved shoreline in the background on the left. There are farm buildings on ...
Photograph

Fox Bluff Farm and Barn

Date: 
Description: Fox Bluff farm on the shore of Lake Mendota, owned by Stanley Hanks. On the left is a windmill, and a number of outbuildings are near the barn.
Photograph

View Across a Lake

Date: 1910
Description: A view across the lake. There are houses and a farm on the opposite shore.
Postcard

Lake Waubesa

Date: 
Description: View of Lake Waubesa from a hill. A farm is in the distance on the left. The Yahara River is in the foreground. Handwritten caption reads: "Lake Waubesa."
Photograph

Aerial View of Forest Lodge Grounds

Date: 
Description: Aerial view of the cow palace and pasture, the boathouse, and the Lake Namakagon shoreline. The main lodge is barely visible among trees. Old highway count...
Photograph

Road Along Namakagon Lake

Date: 10 1960
Description: Narrow dirt road with guard posts curves among autumn foliage along Lake Namakagon near Forest Lodge cow palace.
Postcard

Mount Morris

Date: 1907
Description: Text on front reads: "Mount Morris. Wautoma, Wis." A view of Mount Morris from above the shore of a lake or pond. A dwelling and perhaps a farm can be seen...

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