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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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Men Amid Tobacco Plants

Date: 1873
Description: Two men are posed amid tobacco plants. Behind the men are a windmill and barn. In the center background a woman and a child stand near tall stacks of hay. ...
Book or Pamphlet

Empire Jr. Grain Drills Catalog Cover

Date: 1906
Description: Cover of an advertising catalog for Empire Jr. Grain Drills sold by International Harvester. Includes an illustration of a farm scene with farmhouse, windm...
Photograph

Horse-Drawn Mowers

Date: 1900
Description: View over fence towards men using horse-drawn mowers in a field, while a couple in a horse-drawn carriage are looking on. Fences and farm buildings are in ...
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 ...
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Barn and Cows

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Description: Elevated view from hill of farm buildings, barn, windmill, and cows in a pasture surrounded by a wooden fence. A sign on the barn door reads: "No Smoking."
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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Group of People Posing at Farm

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Description: A farm scene with a group of people posing in front of farm buildings, tall, cone-shaped haystacks, and a windmill. In the center is a man and woman sittin...
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Hay Loader Filling Wagon

Date: 07 07 1928
Description: View across field towards a man and a boy standing on hay on top of a horse-drawn wagon. On the right is a hay loader filling the wagon. In the background ...
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Fernhill Farm

Date: 1905
Description: Elevated view from hill of the Frank and Bertha von der Sump farm on Golden Road. There is a modest one-story farmhouse, a barn, windmill, and four other f...

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