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Farm and Rural Homestead

Date: 1890
Description: Bucolic scene in Wisconsin illustrates agricultural prosperity after the depression.
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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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Kleinheinz Hall

Date: 03 01 1945
Description: Kleinheinz Hall (old Sheep Barn) at 1815 Linden Drive on University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. Building was used as housing for United States Navy Radio ...
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IHC Farm Engines Catalog Cover

Date: 1911
Description: Cover of an advertising catalog for IHC farm engines. Features a color illustration of a Titan tank-cooled skidded oil engine floating above a farmstead wi...
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International Truck Loaded with Sacks

Date: 1950
Description: View towards a man sitting in an International pickup truck parked on a snow and ice covered drive outside a barn. The bed of the truck is loaded with fill...
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Wind Storm Wreckage

Date: 1900
Description: Boy standing among the wreckage of various farm structures and implements apparently after a wind storm or tornado.
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Valley Road in Fog

Date: 11 01 1982
Description: Elm Valley Road Bridge over a branch of the Little Wolf River. In the distance, a red barn can be seen through the fog. In the middle distance a member of...
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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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Winter at the Farm

Date: 2001
Description: Winter scene of a snow-covered landscape near the Quinney farm.
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Man Forming Corn Pile

Date: 12 28 1922
Description: A man standing beside two horses loading an elevator to form a tall corn pile in the snow-covered yard of George Fox. A barn and windmill are in the backg...
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Sennett and Winslow Capture

Date: 11 17 1947
Description: The farm of the Pomputis family near Longwood, where Sennett and Winslow hid out and were captured.
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Model S Trucks in the Snow

Date: 03 17 1927
Description: Two International Model S trucks with snow chains on their tires parked outside a barn. A sign on one of the trucks reads: "WM N. Hall, Allegany, NY."
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Three Horses in Barnyard

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Description: Two men display three horses on reins, probably in front of Abe Bailey's barn.
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Dairy Barn

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

Date: 1915
Description: Winter scene with a path through snow at University of Wisconsin-Madison College of Agriculture. Two buildings are on either side of the path. The horse ba...
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Barn Moving

Date: 03 09 1944
Description: Taylor barn being moved. A tractor and a truck are pulling the barn, which is on a platform, through the snow. A smaller barn is on the left. On the righ...
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Men Moving Barn with Truck

Date: 03 09 1944
Description: The Taylor barn is being moved by a truck in the snow. One man is standing in front of the truck, and another man is bending over on the left near a pile o...
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Barn Moving

Date: 03 09 1944
Description: The Taylor barn being moved through snow-covered fields by a truck. The barn is on a large bed platform. Other farm buildings are in the background.
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Barn Moving

Date: 03 09 1944
Description: The Taylor barn on a platform. On the right is another barn on top of a small incline.
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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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