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Prize-Winning Cabbage

Date: 09 28 1895
Description: Five-acre cabbage field of Martin Anderson near Grantsburg, with several frame houses in the background. Mr. Anderson is holding a prize-winning head of ca...
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Martha Buelke with her Cow

Date: 1899
Description: Grandma Martha (Goetsch) Buelke posed in front of a barn with her favorite cow. She is holding a milking pail.
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Henry Bigalk and Emil Kuney (Keune)

Date: 1906
Description: Henry Bigalk relaxes in a wheelbarrow holding an axe in his left hand, while Emil Kuney (Keune) is grabbing the wheelbarrow handles as if to transport Biga...
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Squash Harvest

Date: 1920
Description: A woman stands amid a patch of squash plants and displays a large squash in Marinette County.
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Schwister's Minnesota-Badger

Date: 1912
Description: John Schwister at the controls of the "Minnesota-Badger," the plane he built in St. Paul, Minnesota and Wausau, Wisconsin. The passenger beside Schwister i...
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Young Girl Poses with Cream Separators

Date: 05 11 1925
Description: Lucille Schmidt standing in front of a farm building with three McCormick-Deering cream separators.
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1908 Ford Touring Car

Date: 05 02 1935
Description: Man with bushy moustache standing next to a 1908 Ford Touring Car in a farm yard.
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Farmer at his Barn

Date: 09 28 1931
Description: Farmer Charles Nelson, carries a pail in front of the door to his barn. His 245 acre farm was southwest of Lake Wingra near Madison. It became the first pr...
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Krueger Children with Bicycles

Date: 09 1910
Description: The Krueger twins, Jennie and Edgar, age 11, posing with their bicycles.
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Farm Couple

Date: 1920
Description: Farm couple seated together outdoors on the lawn, his arm around her shoulders.
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Woman On Avery Tractor

Date: 1920
Description: Woman holding flowers posing on the back of an Avery gasoline tractor.
Postcard

Farm Family

Date: 1915
Description: Photographic postcard of a farm couple and their daughter posing outdoors in front of a barn.
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Woman and Lambs

Date: 1911
Description: Winter scene with woman tending lambs in a snow-covered farmyard with log buildings in the background.
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Woman Sidesaddle on Horse

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Description: Woman posing sitting sidesaddle on a horse in a field. In the background are low hills.
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Woman Working with Milk Cans

Date: 1924
Description: Woman standing at a table with milk cans on it. The photograph was taken for International Harvester's Agricultural Extension Department. A caption with th...
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Man and Horse

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Description: Man posing with a saddled horse. Farm buildings are in the background.
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Girl Peeling Potatoes

Date: 1920
Description: Baskets of potatoes surround a young girl as she peels and cuts them outdoors near the side of a building.
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Man and Young Woman in front of Farm Building

Date: 1921
Description: A man in a hat and overalls, and a girl in a dress with a loose belt, stand in front of a building to have their portrait taken. The man is likely a farmer...
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Farmer Wearing Hat

Date: 1921
Description: A farmer, standing near a barn and pitchfork for a portrait.
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Cradling Grain in Field

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Description: The photographer posing his parents, Mr. and Mrs. August Krueger, cradling and raking grain in a field. She is wearing a dress, and a scarf over her head. ...

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