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Bird's-Eye View of New Glarus

Date: 1865
Description: Bird's-eye view of New Glarus.
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At the Mailbox

Date: 01 13 1956
Description: Edna Kern picking up the mail at the roadside mailbox.
Photograph

New Glarus from a Distance

Date: 1874
Description: View, from a distance, of New Glarus. A hill, trees and fences are in the foreground.
Photograph

Farmall M with Genius Tractor Plow

Date: 06 05 1944
Description: Paul F. Klassy uses a Farmall M tractor with a Number 15 Genius tractor plow to work in a field.
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G.F. Klassy Operates Farmall M Tractor

Date: 06 05 1944
Description: G.F. Klassy operates a McCormick-Deering Farmall M with a Number 15 Genius tractor plow on his farm on Route 1.
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Casper Jaggi and his Dog

Date: 
Description: Hand-colored image of Casper Jaggi and his dog, ready to deliver a load of Swiss cheese to Monticello. He was delivering 6 tubs of Swiss cheese, each weigh...
Photograph

Prairie House

Date: 1925
Description: Clothes dry on a line behind the Prairie House Inn north of Monroe. The house has an exposed stone lower level and a porch wrapping around the two sides w...
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Tavern at Exeter

Date: 1925
Description: A wooden, two-story saltbox style building in an advanced state of neglect.
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Moonrise over Southern Wisconsin

Date: 01 1981
Description: A ranch style farmhouse sits in the far distance beyond an empty field at night, with a full moon in a cloudless sky directly above.
Photograph

Wisconsin Barn

Date: 1925
Description: Large barn on the farm of Jacob Hablend. According to the original caption, the barn was equipped with "King ventilators."
Photograph

Davis Junction

Date: 
Description: View uphill of a log house with a "Davis Junction" sign on the porch.
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Lovers' Lane

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Description: A pedestrian pathway along the road.
Photograph

Residential Street

Date: 
Description: A view down an unpaved road lined with utility poles. On the left is a sidewalk and a house partially hidden by trees.
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Old Lead Road Monument

Date: 1920
Description: A stone monument dedicated to the Old Lead Road. The marker reads: "The Old Lead Road. In 1828, ox-teams, guided along an ancient Winnebago Indian Trail, b...
Photograph

Children Playing

Date: 1935
Description: Children have clasped hands and formed a circle in a game of "Drop the Handkerchief." They are in the schoolyard of Farmer's Grove School, District No. 3, ...
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Threshing with a Steam Tractor

Date: 
Description: Stereograph of farmers using a thresher powered by a steam driven tractor. Church steeples of Monroe are on the horizon on the left. Hand-written on revers...
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Storm Warning

Date: 1975
Description: Threatening storm clouds over a farm.
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For the Birds

Date: 01 1977
Description: Dried sunflowers along a barbed wire fence in a field of snow.

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