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Dale Farm

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Description: A scrapbook page containing five photographs of John R. Commons and farm labor. The handwriting in the center reads: "Dale Farm with AL and Windy." Caption...
Photograph

Hoisting Machine Loading Pilings on Barge at Prairie du Sac Dam Site

Date: 03 1911
Description: Workers use a rail car mounted crane to load pilings onto a barge. Bluffs are in the distance.
Postcard

Camp Idyle Wyld, Three Lakes

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Description: View from lake of Camp Idyle Wyld. A two-story wet boathouse, a windmill, and several cabins are visible along the shoreline. Caption reads: "View of Camp ...
Photograph

Abandoned Farm

Date: 09 04 1960
Description: Exterior view of an abandoned, two-story farmhouse. A large tree is in the foreground. The base of a windmill is on the left, with a water pump stamped "Hu...
Painting

Haying Time

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Description: A farm boy is riding the "hay-fork horse" as the farmer is loading hay into the barn during haying time in July.
Painting

A Farm Auction

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Description: An auctioneer, a clerk, and a helper stand on a stage on a farm conducting an auction as potential bidders surround them. Farming equipment and other items...
Photograph

Farm Buildings and Windmill

Date: 1914
Description: View over a pond of several farm buildings surrounded by trees and a windmill.
Photograph

Fox Bluff Farm and Barn

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Description: Fox Bluff farm on the shore of Lake Mendota, owned by Stanley Hanks. On the left is a windmill, and a number of outbuildings are near the barn.
Photograph

Reclaimed Marsh Land on a University of Wisconsin Farm

Date: 06 30 1895
Description: A man is standing in the right foreground near a tall plant, perhaps corn. In the center is a square-shaped pond with high banks. A man is in the backgroun...

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