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Brick and Cement Pump House

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Description: View across river or stream towards a pump house along a stony shoreline. A large pipe supported on trestles is attached to the right side of the building....
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Reclaimed Marsh Land on a University of Wisconsin Farm

Date: 06 30 1895
Description: A man is standing in the right foreground near a tall plant, perhaps corn. In the center is a square-shaped pond with high banks. A man is in the backgroun...
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Reetz Pump House

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Description: Reetz pump house, a small shed built under the base of a derrick. A woman is standing by the open door with her hand on her hip, and two men are inside, on...
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Reetz Pump House

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Description: View through open door towards the Reetz Pump House, where inside two men are operating a pump. One of them may be Steve Hopkins.
Postcard

Old Wade House; Smokehouse

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Description: Ektachrome postcard of a group of people standing near the smokehouse and water pump. Text on reverse reads: "Outside the summer kitchen stands the old ...
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Leopold Shack

Date: 1984
Description: View of Aldo Leopold's shack in the fall. Several Leopold benches are placed around a fire pit in the yard in front of the shack. The is a hand pump near t...
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Man Whittling

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Description: Man sitting on a rocking chair in a yard whittling in a rocking chair in front of a log cabin that has a sign reading: "Elwood." Lanterns and antlers are h...
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Water Pump Demonstration

Date: 11 10 1927
Description: A group of men at a water pump demonstration on the shoreline of a body of water. There is a truck on the left side.
Postcard

Street Scene

Date: 1908
Description: View down unpaved street with a few wooden commercial buildings. The building in the center background has a group of people gathered in front, and along t...
Photograph

Farmall Tractor Powering Irrigation

Date: 07 10 1928
Description: Two men are standing near immigration machinery powered by a Farmall tractor.
Photograph

UD-16 — Industrial Power Units

Date: 1950
Description: Subject: "UD-16 — Industrial Power Units (misc.)." Where Taken: "MidW." Information with photograph reads: "Superior Sand & Gravel Co., Hatfield, Inc. usin...
Photograph

UD-18A — Irrigation

Date: 1950
Description: Subject: "UD-18A — Irrigation." Where Taken: "SW." Information with photograph reads: "Owned by Delta Securities Co., Inc., Raceland, La. Used with Worthin...
Postcard

M.E. Church

Date: 1906
Description: View of the M.E. Church. A boy is standing next to a water pump on the side of the street. Caption reads: "M.E. Church, Mauston, Wis."
Photograph

UD-14A — Irrigation

Date: 1950
Description: View towards two men posing outdoors near a UD-14A. Subject: "UD-14A — Irrigation." Where Taken: "SW." Information with photograph reads: "Owned by J.M. Jo...
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Back Porch

Date: 1925
Description: A hand pump and dinner bell flank the screen door of a porch at the Henriette (Mrs. George) Brumder summer home at Pine Lake. The walls of the house are st...
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Before: Pump and Drinking Trough for Horses

Date: 1916
Description: View of the pump and drinking trough for horses on a triangle of land at the junction of Chicago and Main Streets. The first Christian Science Church build...
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Hardy Homestead

Date: 11 1956
Description: A former homestead in the autumn, framed by leafless trees. The cabin is constructed of squared logs with interlocking double-notch joints, chinked with a ...
Photograph

Group at Ed Kearns

Date: 1905
Description: Group portrait of seven adults and nine children, including two infants, posing sitting and standing under a tree near the open door of a two-story wood fr...
Print

Log Cabin Greeting Card

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Description: Greeting card with a drawing of a log cabin in the woods. Snow is on the ground, and wreaths are in the windows and on the door.
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Water Supply and Plumbing at Mexican Labor Settlement

Date: 07 15 1948
Description: Two outhouses and another building are in a field, with a water pump in the left foreground. Caption reads: "This Press picture shows the water supply and ...

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