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Tall-tale Postcard: Sugar Beets

Date: 10 30 1909
Description: A man on a large horse-drawn cart hauls a group of giant sugar beets. The two horses are stepping onto a dirt road. An inscription in the upper left corner...
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Samuel Arms Family

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Description: The family of Samuel Arms poses outdoors in front of their house (the front door faces east). From left to right are: Samuel Arms, Mamie, Mary Roberts Arms...
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Tall-tale Postcard: Just Plums

Date: 1911
Description: Two boys haul four giant plums using a small wagon pulled by two white goats. One boy is holding the reins. The boys are wearing jackets and caps. The back...
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Northwinds Supper Club

Date: 08 18 2000
Description: "The Northwinds Supper Club is located on Highway 45, just south of Eden, WI." Carly and Parker Hren lean against the sign. The fish fry group stands in th...
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Tall-tale Postcard: The Milky Way

Date: 1910
Description: A convertible automobile with its top down has crashed into the back of a horse-drawn wagon carrying three enormous, full milk cans. The cans have spilled ...
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Tall-tale Postcard: Water Wagon

Date: 1915
Description: A convertible automobile with its top down has crashed into the back of a horse-drawn water wagon. One passenger has flown through the air and pierced the ...
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Store and Saloon

Date: 1890
Description: Exterior view from across road of men gathered outside a store and saloon. Most of the men hold a glass of beer as though toasting. Two teams of horses are...
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Pitching Hay

Date: 1932
Description: Bernice and Beatrice Dworshak, age 16, pose with pitchforks loaded with hay; one of the girls is on the hay wagon and her sister stands beside it. They are...
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Antique Farm Equiment

Date: 09 1993
Description: Antique farm equipment at Calumetville.
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Storefronts and Boardwalk

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Description: Elevated view of an unpaved main street with storefronts and horse-drawn vehicles hitched along the boardwalk. Many stores have signs and awnings, includin...

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