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Barn Raising

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Description: Barn raising. The foundation is constructed from local fieldstone or "pudding stone," found in the nearby fields. A large group of men are is posing holdin...
Photograph

Waiting For Pure Fresh Milk

Date: 1889
Description: Stereograph of a posed scene showing a woman milking a cow as two other women stand waiting at an open barn door. On the left a man at a hand-pump is behin...
Photograph

Barn Raising in Cross Plains

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Description: Workers pose on the frame of a barn they are building.
Photograph

Barn Raising

Date: 1900
Description: Group portrait of a large group of workers, along with women, children, and dogs, posing on the frame of the barn they are building.
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Northeast View of Interior of Power House Coffer Dam

Date: 09 30 1912
Description: Pile drivers working within the confines of the coffer dam. Men are on the high trestle constructing chutes for pouring concrete.
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Moore & Galloway Lumber Company Camp and Workers

Date: 1891
Description: Lumber company workers pose in front of buildings at the Moore & Galloway Lumber Company camp, about a quarter of a mile east of Pike Lake. The man in a wh...
Photograph

Spreading Asphalt with International A Tractor

Date: 1946
Description: men spread asphalt on a road using an International A tractor and Seaman asphalt mixer. Original caption reads: "An International A being used to haul a Se...
Photograph

Farmall MD Tractor with Little Genius Plow

Date: 1941
Description: View from right of Clem J. Reynolds using a Farmall MD tractor and a No. 8 Little Genius plow to work in a field. Farm buildings and livestock are in the b...
Photograph

Crushing Rock for Road Resurfacing

Date: 1910
Description: A crew of men crushing rock for Senator James H. Stout's improved highway.
Photograph

Man with Horse at Milwaukee Works

Date: 1907
Description: A man wearing a hat holds the reins of a work horse in front of a wood-sided building. The photograph's caption reads: "Milwaukee Works, Work Horses, Morit...
Photograph

Husker and Shredder in Farm Yard

Date: 1902
Description: Group of men working with a tractor-powered husker and shredder in a farm yard. Men are standing on wagons, and there is a pile of boards in the yard. Part...
Print

Seasons Greetings

Date: 1948
Description: Holiday card of the history of the State of Wisconsin, 1848-1948. Shows a map of Wisconsin with many historical and themed elements. Image was created by w...
Photograph

Gothic-Roofed Barn under Construction

Date: 1933
Description: Exterior view of foundation and elaborate frame of a Gothic roofed barn, partially built.
Photograph

Packaging Onions

Date: 1965
Description: Farmers package onions for shipping. Two women and a man pack and sew closed mesh bags of onions. Another man hoists full bags onto a conveyor belt, while ...
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International S-Series Truck on Job Site

Date: 10 01 1980
Description: An International S-Series truck with a trailer on a dirt road in front of a newly-constructed silo and several barns and farm buildings.
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Construction Crew on Silo

Date: 1940
Description: Construction crew on Kastenmeier farm. They are standing at the top of a silo they are building. A barn is on the left and a shed is on the right. Names fr...
Photograph

Southeast Construction Company

Date: 06 1988
Description: "Workmen from Southeast Construction Company are laying a 10-inch gas line that begins at Pine Bend, MN and will end at Granville, IL."
Poster

Co-op Poster

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Description: A poster featuring a man in a tri-corner hat directing a group of people as they raise the frame of a barn. The text reads, "NEIGHBORS built America" and "...
Photograph

Summer Construction

Date: 08 17 1958
Description: Building for a new “supermarket” food and household necessities store, under construction on the outskirts of the Milwaukee area. In the background is a ba...
Postcard

Workmen Building a Shed

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Description: Photographic postcard of workmen posing with a partially built shed or corn crib. One man in sitting on the roof timbers. Two wagons with lumber are parked...

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