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| Date: | 1912 |
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| Description: | John Schwister at the controls of the "Minnesota-Badger," the plane he built in St. Paul, Minnesota and Wausau, Wisconsin. The passenger beside Schwister i... |
| Date: | 09 28 1931 |
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| Description: | Farmer Charles Nelson, carries a pail in front of the door to his barn. His 245 acre farm was southwest of Lake Wingra near Madison. It became the first pr... |
| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | A farmer smiling as he takes the wheel of his tractor. Behind him is a barn and silos. |
| Date: | 1929 |
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| Description: | A woman runs the milking operation at the G.L. Hamon dairy farm. |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | A farmer shows off his percheron colt at the Wisconsin State Fair. At the turn of the century when a farmer's livelihood was dependent on his horses, the d... |
| Date: | 1932 |
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| Description: | Two farmers posing for an outdoor portrait sitting on the back of a Farmall Regular tractor. |
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| Description: | Brothers Roy (left) and Earl (right) Lichtenberg, are the 4th generation of Lichtenbergs to live on this farm. The farm, at W1918 McArthur Road (Section 17... |
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| Description: | Arnold and Bernice Lifke were married 59 years ago, when Arnie returned from serving in the Marine Corp in the SW Pacific. They have lived on the farm most... |
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| Description: | Milton and Adeline Retzlaff live a mile west of Theresa at W1346 Hwy 28 (Section 9). The Retzlaff's, who will be married 60 years in August, last milked co... |
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| Description: | The Retzlaff's own this antique potato planter, which was purchased from Ed Radke, a long time Theresa resident. |
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| Description: | Lloyd and Kim Hilgendorf live at W2050 McArthur (Section 17). After working in the iron mines at Neda, Lloyds's great-grandfather, Whilhelm Hilgendorf, and... |
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| Description: | The Hilgendorfs farm 300 acres with 55 milking cows and 45 heifers and calves. On this day they produced a little over 3,000 lbs. of milk. |
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| Description: | Paul and Carol Frank live at N7409 Ferris Road (Section 33). Carol, who has lived on this farm most of her life, is a third generation. Her father, Rudy Pa... |
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| Description: | Bill and Werner Steinbach pose in front of this barn, built in 1924. The barn is at W2288 Gill Road. The last time cows were milked here was in November, 1... |
| Date: | 04 14 1953 |
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| Description: | Dairy farmer and member of the Philharmonic Chorus, Donavon Doerfer, standing in his barn next to cows in stanchions. |
| Date: | 2004 |
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| Description: | John Groeschel, a member of the Theresa Fire Dept, is restoring this old 1924 Boyer fire truck. He has spent 400 hours on this project. |
| Date: | 2004 |
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| Description: | This very old structure is on the Art Steinbach farm at W1991 Zion Church Rd (Section 30). Art's son, Tom, is in the photo. |
| Date: | 2004 |
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| Description: | The Steinbachs are organic farmers and get a premium price for their milk and crops. |
| Date: | 2004 |
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| Description: | This barn on the Nickel farm was built in 1919 by Ed Radke. The Nickels are still milking 50 cows. |
| Date: | 1932 |
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| Description: | Fred Price poses in a farmyard holding a grain cradle which was made by his father and had been in the family for 55 years. A small granary and another out... |
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