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Freitag Barn

Date: 1948
Description: Freitag barn with horse and cow weathervanes, about 1.5 miles north of Monticello. There is a windmill above the trees on the right.
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Philip Berndt's Farm

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Description: Hand-colored photograph of a Wisconsin farm.
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Farm on Washington Island

Date: 07 1929
Description: View of a farm taken from a field. Barn, farmhouse, and a windmill are visible behind trees, perhaps an orchard.
Photograph

Poor Farm and Grounds

Date: 1930
Description: Elevated view of Poor Farm on the grounds of the Winnebago County Asylum. There is a large barn, silo, windmill, and the roof of a large building in the ba...
Photograph

Farmyard with Windmill

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Description: View up hill of a Woodmanse Mfg Co. windmill. Three men seated are posing near the top of the windmill, which stands in a field where cows are grazing. In ...
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Farm Scene

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Description: A horse and carriage drives down a lane past a farmhouse, barns, and a windmill.
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Lorbieke-Onernek Wedding

Date: 1916
Description: Family and friends gathered in front of a home for the wedding of Joseph Lorbieki and Agnes Onernek. Three musicians can be seen near the center. A windmil...
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Loading Corn into Silo

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Description: The barn in the foreground, left, is the school barn for the Hillside Home School (which was run by Frank Lloyd Wright's aunts & Enos Lloyd Jones sisters, ...
Photograph

Theodore Vinger Farm

Date: 1932
Description: The Theodore Vinger farmstead sits on gently rolling terrain. A painted sign on the large barn identifies the owner. At the time of the photograph, Martin ...
Photograph

Barn Raising

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Description: Barn raising, showing the stone foundation and timbers stacked in a pile in the foreground. A smaller building is on the left behind the tower support for ...
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Barn Raising

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Description: Group of men working on a barn raising, showing some of the workers up on the frame securing the timbers, and other workers carrying more timbers into posi...
Book or Pamphlet

John S. Davis & Sons Catalog Cover

Date: 1893
Description: Catalog cover with text: "Oscillator = Thresher". Also includes color illustration of a young girl sitting on a tree swing. Behind her, men women and child...
Postcard

A Rural Procession of Carriages

Date: 1910
Description: View of a procession of horse-drawn carriages along a dirt road through a field. The second carriage from the left is a hearse. There is a farm in the back...
Postcard

Farm Scene

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Description: Members of a farm family, including children, pose in a hay field with a team of horses. There are farm buildings and a barn with a windmill in the backgro...
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Storm Damage

Date: 05 1914
Description: Boards are scattered on the ground after a "cyclone" on the Frank B. Fargo farm. There is a large section of roof on the ground. In the background is a sec...

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