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Washing Windows

Date: 01 13 1956
Description: Edna Kern washing the windows outside her house. A cat is lying on the lawn in the foreground.
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Farmer's Holiday

Date: 1940
Description: Artwork showing man with his feet up in front of a woodburning stove. A dog is sleeping on the floor at the farmer's feet. A woman uses a rolling pin in an...
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Harry R. Sharpe Home

Date: 04 11 1949
Description: Kitchen in the Harry R. Sharpe family farm home located on the University of Wisconsin poultry research farm, 5101 Mineral Point Road. An old gas range sto...
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H.D. Brainard Home at Lone Rock

Date: 03 10 1950
Description: A bed and wooden chest stand in the master bedroom of the home of Mr. and Mrs. H.D. Brainard. The home was the former 1878 "old Don Johnson farm" in Bear V...
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Abandoned Farm with Overgrown Yard

Date: 09 04 1967
Description: An abandoned farm with overgrown foliage. In the background is a farmhouse. The doorway is detailed with decorative pilasters or engaged columns flanking t...
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Richard Quinney's First Birthday

Date: 1935
Description: Richard Quinney looks out the window of the farmhouse on his first birthday. Next to him on the windowsill sits a cake with one candle.
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Richard, Ralph and Floyd Quinney

Date: 1936
Description: Young Richard Quinney and his new brother Ralph seated on their father's lap in a chair on the farmhouse's porch.
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Children Alone in Farmhouse

Date: 04 1926
Description: Exterior view of two girls standing at the closed window of a farmhouse while their parents are away. Photograph taken for International Harvester's Agricu...
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Food Storage

Date: 1931
Description: Jars of food are stored in an opened cabinet within a farmhouse kitchen.
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Breakfast Nook

Date: 1931
Description: Two benches, and a table covered with a cloth is set with a vase of flowers and a creamer dish, are standing beneath curtained windows in a farmhouse break...
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Living Room

Date: 1929
Description: A couch, several wooden chairs, and a table are arranged in the living room of Mrs. Sam Barns.
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Sleeping Porch

Date: 1925
Description: Four beds line either side of the sleeping porch at the farmhouse of J.E. Joyce. A telephone is hanging on the wall and striped curtains are covering the o...
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Woman in Farmhouse Living Room

Date: 1931
Description: Miss Lielle Geddis sitting in a rocking chair while reading an issue of "Country Gentleman" magazine in the living room of her home.
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Canning Chicken at Holden's Farm

Date: 1925
Description: Two women working at P.G. Holden's Farm canning chicken. On the table there is canning equipment, chicken, and open cans.
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Brick Farmhouse

Date: 1920
Description: Farm family and their dog in front of a two-story brick farmhouse.
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The Heritage Farm after the Tornado

Date: 09 21 1931
Description: View of damaged farmhouse and group of people sitting and standing outdoors. The roof was blown off and windows were shattered. Four women stand in the yar...
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After the Tornado at the George W. Stark Farm

Date: 09 21 1931
Description: Tornado damage showing a broken, twisted tree laying on the ground and on the roof of a farmhouse. The roof and wall have been crushed.
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Ruins of Cyclone — William Brace Farm

Date: 08 07 1924
Description: View across yard of a storm-damaged farmhouse. In the foreground is an overturned automobile. The windows of the house have been blown out and the roof has...
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Edwin Brunner, Family Court Judge

Date: 07 27 1960
Description: Edwin Bruner, the new Family Court Judge, who will take his oath of office Friday morning, is shown with his family in the glass-enclosed living room of th...
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Wisconsin Farm Kitchen

Date: 1951
Description: Lawrence Sherman sitting in a chair by the window, reading the paper in his farm kitchen. On the left is a Jungers Model E stove with kettles and a teapot....

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