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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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Flute Ceremony

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Description: Ho-Chunk flute ceremony or prayer for rain. Four Ho-Chunk kneel in a square. A flute player and a man with a rattle stand behind on a low, round stone wall...
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Bennett Family Picnic

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Description: Bennett family picnic at Dell House ruins.
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Willys Automobile

Date: 03 17 1938
Description: Mr. Smart from Smart Motors demonstrating a Willys automobile to a stylish woman, who has one foot up on the running board.
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Passengers Board International Station Wagon

Date: 03 22 1934
Description: A man and a woman prepare to board an International station wagon ("woody") while the uniformed driver handles their luggage. Another man and woman are alr...
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Tollef Gjermundsen Farmstead

Date: 1874
Description: View down hill towards two men in the foreground standing on top of a stone fence looking out onto fields where two or three men are working with two wagon...
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Family by Stone Gate

Date: 1879
Description: A well-dressed family of four is posed in front of a stone fence with a picket gate. Behind them is a Greek Revival frame house with shuttered windows.
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R-110 Station Wagon

Date: 1953
Description: Three-quarter view from front left of an International R-110 Station Wagon parked on a lawn. In the background is a group of people enjoying a picnic.
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Taliesin

Date: 1925
Description: View of a man standing near the pond and spillway on the grounds of Taliesin, Frank Lloyd Wright's residence and architectural school complex. Taliesin is ...
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International 8-16 Nostalgia Print

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Description: Color illustration of an International 8-16 tractor pulling a wagon full of stones for men building a stone fence. The print was part of a series of nostal...
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Salisbury House

Date: 1905
Description: Exterior view of the Salisbury house, with a horse-drawn wagon located to the left side of the home and William Salisbury, John Salisbury, Mrs. William Sal...
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Carnegie Library

Date: 1937
Description: View of Carnegie Library on the corner of South Main Street and West Messenger, Rice Lake. Pedestrians are crossing the street, automobiles are parked alon...
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Men Fishing on Fox River

Date: 1960
Description: Slightly elevated view across water towards men fishing from a boat below the dam on the Fox River. Two other men are standing on the right shoreline near ...
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Who's New Club Picnic

Date: 06 22 1945
Description: Picnickers at a Who's New Club Picnic opening their box lunches: Lieut. and Mrs. Ivor Callaway; Chaplain and Mrs. Edwin B. Nylen; Mrs. Ralph Ebert and her ...
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Peninsula State Park

Date: 1954
Description: View looking west from Eagle Bluff toward Nicolet Bay, the Strawberry Islands, and Chambers Island. Three people are sitting on the stone wall of the overl...
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Who's New Club Picnic

Date: 06 22 1945
Description: At the Who's New Club picnic in the garden of Lieut. Governor Oscar Rennebohm. Mrs. Oscar (Mary) Rennebohm is shown with guests, Mr. and Mrs. William (Hele...
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Spring on Lake Mendota

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Description: View of a large spring on Lake Mendota, to the west of the University of Wisconsin. A man crouches at the stone wall surrounding the spring, and a small bu...
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Three Men on the Set of "Romance of the Reaper"

Date: 1929
Description: A production still for the Fox Hearst film "Romance of the Reaper." The film was produced by International Harvester at Walnut Grove to celebrate the Reape...
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Manager's Home on Sisal Plantation

Date: 1949
Description: A man mows the front lawn of a manager's home on an International Harvester sisal plantation in Cuba. The house belonged to "Mr. Heath."
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WSGA Style Show

Date: 08 09 1949
Description: Two couples model clothes at the WSGA style show outdoors at Memorial Union. Left to right are: Nancy Olmstead, Oshkosh; Karl Keim, Dearborn, Michigan; Gay...

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