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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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Woman and Lambs

Date: 1911
Description: Winter scene with woman tending lambs in a snow-covered farmyard with log buildings in the background.
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Krueger Family in the Snow

Date: 02 1905
Description: Winter scene with Jennie, Flora and Edgar Krueger standing at the end of a path shoveled in extremely deep snow. Farm buildings and the base of what may be...
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Fitchburg Depot and Train

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Description: The Illinois Central Railroad Station and train in Fitchburg. There is snow on the ground, and men and women are waiting outside the depot on the platform....
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A Winter Day

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Description: On the right, the farmer in his sheepskin coat drives a horse-drawn sled loaded with milk cans to the cheese factory. A blanket is covering the cans to pre...
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Horse-Drawn Sleigh

Date: 02 10 1901
Description: Winter scene with Herman Riebe, his four sisters, and a cousin riding in a bobsled pulled by a team of white horses through the snow. A fence, a snowy fiel...
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Sledding on the Driveway

Date: 1903
Description: Winter scene with Jennie and Edgar Krueger posing on a sled in the snow on the west driveway of the family farm. Edgar sits in front of the sled, while Jen...
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Standing on a Snow Drift

Date: 02 1905
Description: Winter scene with Jennie and Edgar Krueger standing on top of blocks of snow on either side of a shoveled path through deep snow in front of the Krueger ho...
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Couple in a Sleigh

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Description: Outdoor view of a man and woman posing sitting in a sleigh pulled by a team of two horses on snow-covered ground. Two men are standing in the background be...
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Snow Sleigh in Front of Half Timber Home

Date: 1913
Description: Ella and Ida Scholz sitting in a cutter (horse-drawn sleigh) in front of the Langholf half-timber home during winter.
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Two Women and a Horse-Drawn Buggy near House

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Description: View across snow-covered field towards two women standing together. Behind them a man is sitting in a horse-drawn buggy. A house, windmill and farm buildin...

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