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Photograph

Wisconsin Farm

Date: 1873
Description: Three people are posing in the foreground, with a man with a long beard standing in front of two women sitting in a horse-drawn carriage. There is a barn a...
Photograph

Family in Carriages with Barn

Date: 1878
Description: Barnyard, with what appears to be a pigyard littered with corncobs. It is enclosed with a solid board fence and has slop troughs made from hollowed logs. A...
Photograph

Farmer with Elaborate Fencing and Farmyard

Date: 1873
Description: A farmer with a long beard and wearing a hat is standing in the foreground in front of a board fence, which is part of an elaborate system of fencing surro...
Print

Seymour Brooks Residence

Date: 1873
Description: Downtown East Troy with the Seymour Brooks residence. Caption reads: "Res. of Seymour brooks, Sec 4 Fast Troy TP Wis Breeder of Derham Cattle American Meri...
Drawing

East Side Residence of A.A. Arnold

Date: 1877
Description: View of cattle, sheep, and pigs in a pasture on a farm. Two houses are in the distance, and a horse-drawn carriage is moving along the road on the left. Ca...
Print

The Evolution of the Reaper, Part One

Date: 1883
Description: Three illustrations from an 1883 McCormick Harvesting Machine Company catalog portraying the evolution of the reaper. The first drawing is captioned: "Firs...
Painting

Residence of Mr. Martin Lutscher

Date: 1875
Description: Seifert's watercolor is fairly large, measuring 27" wide by 21" high, and provides a detailed depiction of a nineteenth century Wisconsin farm. The small s...
Photograph

Syl and Uncle Herman in Pig Pen

Date: 07 02 1899
Description: Syl with Uncle Herman who is wearing a hat. They are standing in a pig pen with four pigs eating in a corner.
Print

That Feed Won't Do

Date: 1860
Description: Soldier-farmer, "Jeffy" (Jefferson) Davis, in full uniform with a straw hat is giving feed (bonds) to a sow (the Confederacy). The sow is in turn feeding i...
Photograph

Hogs at Feeding Time

Date: 10 12 1895
Description: Forty-nine hogs at feeding time on the farm of William Miller. The hogs are eleven-months old and weigh approximately 260 lbs each. A wagon and horse team ...
Photograph

J.B. Bartlett Farm

Date: 1895
Description: A small herd of Jersey cows, and swine on the farm of J.B. Bartlett. A house with a porch is in the background.
Book or Pamphlet

Emerson, Talcott & Co. Catalog Back Cover

Date: 1893
Description: Back cover of catalog featuring two illustrations with the title: "A Pointer." The top illustration, captioned: "Union is Strength," shows a dog lying in t...
Map or Atlas

Residences in Buffalo and Pepin Counties

Date: 1877
Description: A page from an illustrated historical atlas depicting five residences, including that of Conrad Ochsner.

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