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Farms of Burton, Fitlen, and Rustebakke

Date: 1873
Description: View of several farms, including Burton's, Fitlen's and Rustebakke's. Field arrangements and fencing patterns are evident. A man is walking along the bott...
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Tollef Gjermundsen Farmstead

Date: 1874
Description: View down hill towards two men in the foreground standing on top of a stone fence looking out onto fields where two or three men are working with two wagon...
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Man in Field

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Description: A man with a hat is sitting in a field in the foreground. A fence runs though the field in the middle ground. In the distance is an upright and wing frame ...
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Farm with Windmill

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Description: View from hill overlooking a farmstead at the base of the hill with a windmill and a pond. On the right in the foreground, two men, one sitting, one standi...
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Landscape View of Farm

Date: 1874
Description: A cultivated field with cows by a fence. Behind is a frame house, windmill, barn with cupola, shed and small barn with grain stacks.
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Grain Binder on a Hill

Date: 1915
Description: A farmer uses a McCormick grain binder on a hillside with a windmill in the background.
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Automobile on Country Road

Date: 08 23 1917
Description: Man, possibly Joseph Brown, attending to an automobile on the road between Waukesha and Ionsman. Rural landscape and farm in the background.
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Farm Scene

Date: 1940
Description: Farmhouse with several barns, a silo, and a windmill surrounded by fields and a bright, cloud strewn sky.
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W. Blise Farm

Date: 10 03 1960
Description: View from field of the W. Blise farm. A barn with two silos, a windmill and a large house are visible. A stone wall landscapes the area in front of the hou...
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Farm on a Hill

Date: 10 03 1960
Description: View from a distance of a dairy farm on top of a hill. A windmill, silo, barn and dairy cattle are visible.
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Site of Holton Tavern

Date: 1925
Description: A car and driver stop on a country road near Mt. Horeb at the site of the Holton Tavern. A windmill and tree stand on the site and there is debris at the ...
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Hilltop Cheese Factory

Date: 05 30 1964
Description: Landscape view from field of a rolling countryside. A small cheese factory resides on a slope, with a tree, a windmill, two cars and a tractor near an outb...
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Elevated View of Shaker Settlement

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Description: Elevated view of the Shaker community, which was organized in 1794, showing numerous houses, a windmill, and a vast expanse of the surrounding wooded area.
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Mill Pond

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Description: Elevated view of mill pond and homes along the opposite shoreline. A person is standing at the shoreline in the foreground. Caption reads, "Mill Pond, Mill...
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Boy Practicing Cattle Roping

Date: 1962
Description: 6-year-old Kirk Hanna uses a lasso to practice cattle roping on a pair of bull horns affixed to a log in a barnyard. A horse is tied to a fence on the righ...
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Bird's Eye View of Town

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Description: Elevated view of the town with hills in the distance. In the foreground are cattle inside a fence near a cemetery with a windmill. The town is behind furth...
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Depot and Yards

Date: 1926
Description: View down railroad tracks where three boys are standing. The water tank and windmill are on the right near the Deerfield Depot. On the far right, two men a...
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Bird's-Eye View of Railroad Yards

Date: 1909
Description: Elevated view of the Fennimore, primarily the train depot. There is a windmill near railroad cars, and dwellings are in the distance.
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Construction of Railroad

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Description: Group of men at the construction of a railroad branch line among piles of stones. Railroad ties placed on the ground are visible on the platform in the bac...
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View of Pinega Settlement

Date: 1918
Description: View over frozen expanse, probably the Pinega River, of the Pinega settlement in northern Russia. Buildings and a windmill are along the shoreline.

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