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Experimental Farmall Tractor

Date: 12 29 1930
Description: International Harvester engineering department photograph of an experimental Farmall tractor. The original caption reads: "15-30 Farmall Tractor (redesigne...
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Market Square

Date: 1890
Description: Polish immigrant standing near a team of horses eating hay in Market Square. He is wearing work clothes. Large brick buildings are in the background.
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Tower in Jefferson, Wisconsin

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Description: A standpipe water tower stands between what appears to be a farmhouse and a barn.
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County Normal and Agricultural School

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Description: A stone walkway leads to the entrance of the County Normal and Agricultural School. Ivy covers the exterior of the two-story colonial building and trees a...
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Agricultural Building

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Description: Front view of the Agricultural Building as seen from the street. The brick building is covered in ivy and features arch windows, a covered entrance, walkw...
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Rock Scenery

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Description: View of house and farm buildings in Ableman with a rocky hill in the background.
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Farm Scene

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Description: A horse and carriage drives down a lane past a farmhouse, barns, and a windmill.
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Distant City View

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Description: Distant view of a city surrounded by agricultural fields.
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McCormick Grain Binder near Church

Date: 1895
Description: Side view of a man sitting on a McCormick grain binder. Two men are standing in front of the horses, and in the background is a Presbyterian church. The ch...
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Old English

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Description: View of Old English, an estate in a valley setting of the late Mr. Andrew Carnegie. Later, the building was used as St. Stanislaus Novitiate.
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Church

Date: 02 1978
Description: Elevated view of the town's elaborate brick church featuring a central steeple.
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Bache Farm

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Description: Exterior view of the Bache farm. In the foreground is a small building with an open door. In the background is a large barn with stone foundation and a lar...
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Historic Building

Date: 10 1989
Description: "Preparations were made to move this building to the Theresa Historical Society grounds."
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International Sprayer

Date: 1910
Description: An International Harvester "sprayer" mounted on a wagon, possibly intended for pesticide application (or in this context, window washing?). The wagon is pa...
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Preston Church

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Description: Wooden church with a bell tower and a stable in the back on the right. Fences and fields are in the background.
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Ridgeway Grace Church

Date: 1925
Description: View across road of three-quarter view from front of Grace Church. A double door entrance at the sidewalk level is flanked by stone steps that lead up to a...
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Sextonville Alert Hall

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Description: Exterior of Alert Hall. Near the roof line is a sign with the date "1905". Posters are in the windows and a broadside is posted outside underneath a window...
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Public School

Date: 1909
Description: Exterior view of the public school from unpaved road. The building is a two-story wood frame building with a flat roof and bell tower with a flag pole on t...
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Public School

Date: 1922
Description: Exterior view of the public school, a two-story brick building in a rural area with small bell tower on the roof above the entrance. There is a flagpole on...
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Where the Teacher Lives

Date: 1932
Description: This two-story, wood frame house with Eastlake detailing and front bay window was owned by Mrs. Carl Kreawaldt. The New Fane school teacher, Miss Marie E. ...

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