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Ski-Type Windsled

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Description: Enclosed wooden box windsled mounted on three skis, sitting on lake ice near the shore.
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Faville Homestead

Date: 1885
Description: The Faville home, built about 1850 on 120 acres bought from the government in 1844. As late as 1922 the home was still in the Faville family. The additions...
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Dairy Barn

Date: 1910
Description: Exterior of Dairy Barn with snow on the ground.
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Hill Farms

Date: 1914
Description: View from field of farm buildings of the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Beyond a partially snow-covered field are several barns, and a large home to the ...
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Moore & Galloway Lumber Company Camp and Workers

Date: 1891
Description: Lumber company workers pose in front of buildings at the Moore & Galloway Lumber Company camp, about a quarter of a mile east of Pike Lake. The man in a wh...
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James Sanford Home

Date: 1875
Description: Young man and two women in a horse-drawn wagon in front of the fenced yard of the James Sanford home. There is a small patch of snow on the ground in front...
Postcard

Farmer with Cows

Date: 02 1910
Description: Farmer and two cows standing outside near a barn in winter.
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Eddie Arms with Farm Animals

Date: 1945
Description: Eddie Arms stands near a barn with his arm around a cow. There are turkeys in the foreground of this winter scene.
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Smiling Man on Sled

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Description: Winter scene with a man lying on a small sled with a big smile on his face. He is wearing dark clothes and a cap. A snow-covered hill, a barn and fences ar...
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Eagle Corners School

Date: 1932
Description: Students and their teacher, Gladys Hofseth (back row, far right), pose outside Eagle Corners School. The school is a wood frame building with an enclosed p...
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Hand Sawmill

Date: 1918
Description: Two men working outdoors using a hand saw to saw a piece of timber. In the background other people are working among stacks of timber. There is a large bui...
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Laplanders with their Reindeer Sled Teams

Date: 1918
Description: A family of Laplanders with their reindeer sled teams. In the background are a house with its outhouses, and a group of people to the left of center, as we...
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Stable Constructed of Logs

Date: 1918
Description: View across snow of a stable constructed out of logs, and covered with branches, near Arkhangelsk, Russia. There is a wood building on the far right, and t...
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Russian Barn

Date: 1918
Description: A Russian man is standing with his horse in front of a large barn. The barn has an arched balcony above the double doors. Around the barn half-buried in th...
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Couple in a Horse-Drawn "Cutter"

Date: 1906
Description: Winter scene with a man and woman driving in a horse-drawn "cutter" in the snow. They have a fur blanket over their laps. Behind them is a building, perhap...
Print

Holt's Lightning Hay Knife

Date: 1881
Description: Front of advertising card featuring a color illustration of a man and young boy outside during winter. The man is using a Lightning Hay knife to cut the ha...
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Cough Syrup Advertisement on a Barn

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Description: An advertisement for Norwegian cough syrup painted on the side of a barn near Stoughton on Highway N.
Postcard

Barn with Cows in Yard Near Earl, Wis.

Date: 1910
Description: Black and white photographic postcard of a barn, with two men and cows in the barnyard. There are patches of snow on the ground.
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Learning to Select Good Horses

Date: 1925
Description: Elevated view of a Native American man holding the lead of a horse as it is evaluated by another man, possibly Joseph Wojta, who is wearing a hat and long ...
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Brumder Barn

Date: 1902
Description: A large barn with wooden vented cupola with a small onion dome. The description on the reverse of the photograph reads: "Big barn at Villa Henrietta that G...

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