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Young Girl on F-12 Tractor

Date: 07 06 1937
Description: Beverly Lundsten and hired man Gerald Stanford pose with a Farmall F-12 tractor on the Lundsten farm. The tractor is equipped with rubber tires and a singl...
Historical Object

Wisconsin Thematic Panel 252-258

Date: 
Description: Native buildings, hardly noticed in the tapestry,
long as a house of indeterminates
full of ladders unexplained
Historical Object

Wisconsin Thematic Panel 370-376

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Description: The earth is never still, but speaks her lovers
lying twined among the roots of grasses, lying long
stretched out from hill to hill

There wher...
Historical Object

Wisconsin Thematic Panel 713-718

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Description: No one will tell

No one would dare to put in print
the Secret Knowledge.

That word of mouth is frozen deep
and all Report is still
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Man Leaning on a Country Fence

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Description: View from unpaved road of an unidentified man leaning on a country fence. There appear to be two dogs at his feet.
Photograph

Broom and Wash-Basin

Date: 1920
Description: Unidentified man standing in (a farmyard?) with a broom and wash-basin.
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Outdoor Portrait of European American Woman

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Description: Outdoor portrait of an unidentified woman posing standing and leaning against a narrow column of a wooden porch in front of a house. She is wearing a dark-...
Photograph

Man with Pig Swill Cart

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Description: Outdoor portrait of a man posing standing. He is holding a cart made of a barrel with two large metal wheels. Identified as probably a pig swill cart. A do...
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Woman Posing with Cows

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Description: Outdoor portrait of a woman wearing a light-colored dress, apron, and a hat. She is standing holding a cow and a calf. In the background is a cornfield and...
Photograph

Two Men, Two Horses and a Barn

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Description: View across barnyard of two men posing standing near a team of two horses in front of a large wooden barn.
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Aged Couple in the Snow

Date: 1900
Description: Outdoor portrait of an elderly woman and man posing standing on snow-covered ground in front of wooden buildings.
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Couple in the Cold

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Description: Outdoor portrait of a man and woman posing standing on snow-covered ground. They are bundled in a winter clothing. There is a fence and farm buildings in t...
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Couple in a Buggy

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Description: Outdoor view of a man and a woman posing sitting in a wagon pulled by a team of two horses. There are farm buildings in the background.
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A Man, Two Horses and a Dog

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Description: Outdoor portrait of a man posing standing near two horses behind a wire fence. A dog is standing outside of the fence on the right.
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Outdoor Portrait of Unidentified European-American Woman

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Description: Portrait of a woman posing outdoors at the corner of a wood building. She is standing near a crude, wood sidewalk next to a wooden table with two vases of ...
Photograph

Man in a Field of Vegetation

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Description: Outdoor portrait of a man standing in a field of vegetation, perhaps tomatoes. He is wearing a suit, and a boater hat.
Photograph

The Amateur

Date: 09 12 1905
Description: Laurie Peterson pretending to take a photograph, with a prop camera, of Muriel Peterson as she is gazing at a cat. In the background are trees and shrubs. ...
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Laurie and Muriel Peterson with Boat

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Description: Laurie and Muriel Peterson posing with a wooden rowboat that has been tipped on its side. Laurie is standing behind the boat, leaning on one arm. Muriel is...
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Muriel and Laurie Peterson in Corn Field

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Description: Muriel and Laurie Peterson posing in front of a corn field as they look at each other. They are each holding corn cobs and leaves.
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Portrait of an Oiyotte Sister

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Description: Outdoor, casual portrait of one of the "Five Oiyotte Sisters." Birch trees are in the background.

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