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Barn Raising

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Description: Barn raising. The foundation is constructed from local fieldstone or "pudding stone," found in the nearby fields. A large group of men are is posing holdin...
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Man in Field

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Description: A man with a beard and wearing a hat is standing in the foreground in a clover field. A cornfield is just beyond the clover field, and beyond is a barn on ...
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Behrend Veerhusen's Farm

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Description: Stone barn with scalloped edging with people in wagons and house in background, picket fencing; in sec. 26, SE1/4. Biography in Biographical Review of Dane...
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Engine Powered Water Pump

Date: 1916
Description: Water pump hooked up to a Mogul stationary engine outside a small stone farm building. Water flows from pump into building through small piping running fro...
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Kletzien Barn — Alternate View

Date: 2004
Description: Mindy Kletzien, an animal lover, raises Nigerian Dwarf Goats. She competes at fairs in and out of the state.
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Lichtenberg Barn

Date: 2004
Description: This barn, at 1915 Hwy 28, is owned by Roy and Sandy Lichtenberg. The last time cows were milked here was in 1988.
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Giese Combination Smokehouse and Milkhouse

Date: 2004
Description: This combination smokehouse and milkhouse are still standing on the Giese property.
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Tony's Place

Date: 1936
Description: View across field of a two-story stone house with a wood barn near Cable Lake.
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Herd of Cows in front of Barn

Date: 1932
Description: View from field of a herd of cows behind a fence grazing in a pasture in front of a barn and silo. The silo has a decorative stone pattern. The original ca...
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Young Man Holding a Calf

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Description: A young man is squatting in a doorway to a stone barn with his arm around the neck of a white calf. He is wearing striped pants and jacket with a cap. An e...
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Farm

Date: 1938
Description: View across field overlooking an unidentified farm. On the left is a two-story stone building, possibly the farmhouse. On the right is a barn. Other outbui...
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Bache Barn

Date: 1915
Description: Exterior view of the Bache barn with stone foundation. There are large haystacks on the right.
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Nelson Dewey Farm

Date: 1904
Description: View across field of farm on the estate, showing a sheep or horse shed on the left and a cow or horse barn on the right. In the background is a bluff.
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Main Barn at Christenson Farm

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Description: View of an L-shaped stone barn. Piles of sand, broken wood and an old plow are in the foreground.
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German Evangelical Church

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Description: Three-quarter view of the German Evangelical Church, which has a belfry, and a steeple with a weather vane and lightning rod. There are arched windows on t...
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Breach of Time

Date: 1956
Description: A stone barn, tree and another building. The remains of a ladder is leaning against the foundation of the barn.
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Spring Bloom

Date: 1958
Description: Small stone structure next to a field, with a flowering tree in the foreground. Trees, a fence, farm buildings and a silo are in the background.
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Pioneer Village

Date: 1957
Description: A Pioneer Village with timber and masonry structures. Text on back reads: "Ozaukee County, Pioneer Village, Wisconsin. Authentic Buildings and Furnishings....

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