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Schwister's Minnesota-Badger

Date: 1912
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...
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Jesse Brabazon in a Wright Model B

Date: 10 08 1912
Description: Jesse Brabazon of Delavan, Wisconsin, in a Wright Model B following an emergency landing at Cicero Field in Chicago. Inspecting the faulty propeller that c...
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Tower Foundation

Date: 1898
Description: View from water tower, showing the grove where Black Hawk's pursuers were supposed to have camped in 1832. The group of men in the foreground are digging f...
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Man with Tractor and Wagon

Date: 1917
Description: A man is pulling an eight-wheeled wagon down a dirt road using an International 8-16 tractor. A fence and water tower are in the background.
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Man with Oliver Plow

Date: 1915
Description: Side view of a man driving a team of three horses pulling an Oliver plow across a field. A large building, houses, and a water tower are in the background.
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Ed Radke

Date: 1978
Description: "Although being quite elderly, Ed Radke takes much pride in his crops."
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Tractor Uses

Date: 1925
Description: Advertisement for the La Crosse kerosene tractor featuring photographs of the tractor in use on farm jobs. The headline reads: "The HAPPY FARMER Really Bur...
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Ester Point, Turkey River

Date: 1905
Description: View down railroad tracks, showing the switching station, water tank, and buildings. Two men stand on the railroad tracks. Ester Point is near Cassville, W...
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New Water Tower

Date: 03 17 1997
Description: "Work begins on the new water tower south of Theresa."
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New Water Tower

Date: 03 17 1997
Description: "The camera faces northeast from the water tower site."
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Field Work at Luke's Nursery

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Description: Slightly elevated view of plants supported with stakes in a field. There is a water tower in the background on top of a hill on the right. People are worki...
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Landscape View of People and Farm

Date: 1900
Description: View across field towards people posing standing. In the center is a binder, and on the right are men on a wagon. Down the hill in the background is a farm...
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Tractor-Drawn Corn Picker

Date: 09 23 1927
Description: View towards a man driving a Farmall tractor pulling a corn picker in a cornfield. Another man is standing on a wagon pulling cornstalks out of the picker....

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