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Barn Raising

Date: 1885
Description: Group of barn raising participants posed in front of the structure in progress.
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Bessie Hooker Grinding Poppy Seeds

Date: 06 28 1945
Description: With all Hillsboro striving to honor Vice-Admiral March A. Mitscher, who came for a visit with his mother, Bessie Hooker, a maid in the Mr. and Mrs. Lyle H...
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Man Raking Hay with Side Rake

Date: 1935
Description: Farmer operating a horse-drawn hay rake in a field.
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Rusk with Viroqua Leaders

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Description: Jeremiah M. Rusk, in black, standing on the porch of the C.M. Butt law office. They are, seated left to right, Judge Carson Graham, Judge James Evans Newe...
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Sloping Farmland

Date: 05 17 1966
Description: View uphill towards a farmer planting crops on a treeless slope which rises just beyond him, with a cloudy sky above. Various grasses are growing in the fo...
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Gothic-Roofed Barn under Construction

Date: 1933
Description: Exterior view of foundation and elaborate frame of a Gothic roofed barn, partially built.
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Group of Men and Boys Threshing

Date: 1900
Description: Group of men and boys threshing. They are using a tractor for a belt-driven threshing machine, and on the left two horses pull a wagon with large barrels.
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Public School — Construction

Date: 1922
Description: Construction workers pose at the entrance of the public school during construction.
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C.B.Q. Concrete Bridge

Date: 1922
Description: View across field of workers constructing a Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad bridge.
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Tobacco Weeding

Date: 06 1968
Description: Farmer weeding in a tobacco field.
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Colonel Cyrus Marion Butt

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Description: Quarter plate ambrotype portrait of Colonel Cyrus Marion Butt (b. 1833) of Viroqua. Col. Butt is seated sideways in a chair with one hand in his lap and on...
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Hillsboro and Northeastern Locomotive

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Description: Locomotive at the depot with what may be a coal car. The engineer is leaning out the window.
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John F. Kennedy Speaks in Hillsboro

Date: 03 25 1960
Description: John F. Kennedy outdoors with a group of Hillsboro students and residents after a campaign speech. A man on the left is taking a group photo with a camera....
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Hillsboro State Bank Interior

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Description: Interior view of the Hillsboro State Bank, which was open from 1902 to 1932 when it merged with Farmer's State Bank. The man leaning on the counter is thou...
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Kickapoo Oil Offices

Date: 1985
Description: Exterior view of the Kickapoo Oil Company's corporate offices. A carved wood totem pole stands in front of the building. Headquartered in Hillsboro, the co...
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Workers at Hillsboro Canning Plant

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Description: Interior view of the Hillsboro Canning Plant. A row of female and male workers are standing amongst the plant's corn processing machinery. The women have t...
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Plowing with Oxen

Date: 09 1946
Description: Team of oxen pulling a hand plow with farmer, Oscar Sayles, walking behind. The animals are named Tom and Jerry.
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Oxen Grazing

Date: 09 1946
Description: Two oxen hitched to a yoke grazing as a farmer, Oscar Sayles, stands beside the team. The animals are named Tom and Jerry.
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Man Operating Farmall Cub in Tobacco Field

Date: 1949
Description: Three-quarter view from front right of Jules Rudie, IH dealer at Westby, Wisconsin operating a Farmall Cub in six acres of tobacco, which previous to this ...

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