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Threshing Scene

Date: 1905
Description: View across field of threshing scene, with steam-powered threshing machine and horse-drawn wagons. A large group of workers pose with men in suits. On the ...
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Powered Elevator with Silo

Date: 1916
Description: A farmer with a team of two horses working with an elevator or silo filler near farm buildings and a silo. A Titan stationary engine is powering the elevat...
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Men with Wagon Outside Abbey Hotel

Date: 1915
Description: Man seated atop a horse-drawn wagon in the snow outside the "Abbey Hotel." Another man stands on the left near the wagon.
Painting

Silo Filling

Date: 1980
Description: Farmers work cooperatively with their horse teams on silo-filling activities early in autumn. Rows of green forage are created in the fields and carried to...
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Group of Men and Boys Harvesting Corn

Date: 1900
Description: View down corn rows of field of a large group of men and boys harvesting corn stalks. Several men are filling a wagon. Behind them is a man operating a cor...
Print

Old Hollander, Beer Label

Date: 1934
Description: Label submitted to the state of Wisconsin for trademark registration. Old Hollander beer, brewed by the Oconomowoc Brewing Company. On the label the beer i...
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Husker and Shredder in Farm Yard

Date: 1902
Description: Men with a wagon feeding corn stalks into a husker-shredder near a barn. Other farm implements are in the foreground behind a fence, and a windmill is in t...
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Rolling Ground General Store

Date: 1924
Description: View down path towards a general store with a gas pump on the porch near a sign for Red Crown Gasoline. Two men are working on a car parked in front. Behin...
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Seneca Street Scene

Date: 1912
Description: View down unpaved street with a school building on the left on the opposite side of the street. A board sidewalk leads to a two-story dwelling on the right...
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Ruins of Cyclone 8-7-24 Ristow Farm Near Black River Falls, Wis

Date: 08 07 1924
Description: Ruins after a tornado. Demolished farm buildings, wagons and a windmill.
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On the Farm

Date: 1901
Description: August and Edgar Krueger pulling a small wagon through an open field. A barn and large haystacks run along the perimeter of the field.
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View of the Krueger Family on Their Farm

Date: 1900
Description: View of the Krueger family standing in a cleared field, with a view of their farm in the background. August Krueger is sitting with a dog in a wagon pulled...
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Horse-Drawn Binder in Field

Date: 1900
Description: Landscape view down field towards a horse-drawn binder in a field with harvested grain. A man near the road is standing in a horse-drawn wagon on the left....
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Landscape View of People and Farm

Date: 1900
Description: View across field towards people posing standing. In the center is a binder, and on the right are men on a wagon. Down the hill in the background is a farm...
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Man on Horse-Drawn Binder

Date: 1900
Description: Man on horse-drawn binder in a partially harvested field. The horses are wearing fly-nets. A wagon is parked in the field on the far right. Behind him are ...
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Horse-Powered Push Binder Headers

Date: 1907
Description: View across field of grain towards a group of men with a team of horses, a wagon, and a push binder header. A foal is standing on the left near the team of...
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Ox-Drawn Wagons

Date: 1915
Description: View down road towards people with two ox-drawn wagons. There are large buildings and a windmill in the background.
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Harvesting Corn on Windy Day

Date: 12 10 1927
Description: View from front of a man on a Farmall tractor with a corn picker working in a field. There is a wagon on the left. Farm buildings are in the background.
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Harvesting Corn on Windy Day

Date: 12 10 1927
Description: View from front of a man on a Farmall tractor with a corn picker working in a field. There is a wagon on the left. Farm buildings are in the background.
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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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