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"Let's Get a Good Cow"

Date: 02 1914
Description: A woman wearing a bonnet and apron kneeling in a field to milk a cow.
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Fred Essers Farm

Date: 1937
Description: Exterior view of a two-story house with several trees on the farm of Fred Esser. On the right is a barn with two silos. On the far left in a fenced area on...
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Joe Bear Heart near Table of Drying Corn

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Description: Lantern slide of a Ho-Chunk man wearing a hat posing standing behind a table loaded with kernels of corn on a cloth drying by a wooden building. The man is...
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Round Barn

Date: 11 25 1961
Description: View of a round barn along Highway K. Farm equipment and another farm building are on the left. Fields and hills are in the background.
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Stone Barn Tavern

Date: 1925
Description: The Stone Barn Tavern, located about three miles west of Milton. The three cottonwood trees in front of the tavern were brought from Vermont. There are sev...
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Dutch Farmhouse

Date: 01 21 1924
Description: View across field towards a Dutch farmhouse. A dog is sitting in the foreground, and chickens are running near a building, and a woman is standing under a ...
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South African Hut

Date: 01 21 1924
Description: A dog and several chickens stand near a large hut in South Africa.
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Baily Mowing Machine

Date: 1919
Description: Mowing machine designed by Jabez Baily in a yard near a house or farm building.
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Hunters with Deer

Date: 1940
Description: A group of 14 hunters poses in front of seven field dressed deer which hang from a rack made of metal pipe. There is a barn in the far background, left, an...
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Woman with Poultry Flock

Date: 07 22 1923
Description: Chickens gathering around a woman near a poultry house (or chicken coop) as she is feeding the flock from a metal pail. A man is walking down a path in the...
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Farmstead

Date: 1920
Description: View of a barn, farmhouse, outbuilding and tractor on an International Harvester demonstration farm.
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Woman Feeding Chickens

Date: 07 22 1923
Description: A woman stands outside a wooden shed while feeding a flock of chickens from a metal bucket. Several small chicken coops stand alongside the shed.
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IH Demonstration Farm at Aberdeen

Date: 07 1930
Description: Farm buildings are on either side of a dirt road at an International Harvester demonstration farm.
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Students Standing Outside Schoolhouse

Date: 1915
Description: Class of students standing outside a rural school known as the Blackjack School.
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Heidi Lichtenberg with Wanda, Her Pet Chicken

Date: 2004
Description: Heidi Lichtenberg shows off her pet, Wanda, which she plans to enter in competition at the Dodge County Fair. Heidi says, "Chicken is not on my menu!"
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Grulke Barn — Exterior

Date: 2004
Description: Steve and Nancy Grulke and children, Alison, Cassandra, and Paul, live at W2346 Zion Church Rd (Section 30). Steve has lived here all his life. Steve and N...
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Straub Barn — Exterior

Date: 2004
Description: Dave Straub and children, Sophie and Venice, and their friendly chicken, live at N8089 Doyle Rd (Section 26). Dave has lived here since 1991.
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Woman in Automobile

Date: 1915
Description: A woman wearing a wide-brimmed hat sits behind the wheel of a Case automobile with its top folded down. A chicken or rooster stands to the right along the ...
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J.C. Witmer Farm

Date: 07 13 1925
Description: A group of men use a tractor and horse-drawn manure spreaders in a barnyard on the farm of J.C. Witmer. The tractor appears to have a "Lessman" loader.
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Ludden's Poultry and Eggs

Date: 1921
Description: Exterior view of Ludden's Poultry and Eggs from the dirt road. The shop features a porch, gable roof, and fenced yard. There are wooden crates and barrels ...

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