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| Date: | 04 1923 |
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| Description: | Woman carrying a bucket of water back to her farmhouse in winter. |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | View of the University of Wisconsin residence of William Arnon Henry, Dean of Agriculture, 10 Babcock Drive with Lake Mendota in the background. |
| Date: | 1874 |
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| Description: | Partial view of billiard hall and Lake Mendota from the Ole Bull Residence, 130 East Gilman Street. Two people on shore are pointing to a sailboat. Later, ... |
| Date: | 1879 |
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| Description: | Here Dahl used "The Old Oaken Bucket" motif — a man drinking water from a pail at a well in foreground with family sitting and standing at a table with cof... |
| Date: | 1874 |
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| Description: | A unusual scene on an unidentified farmstead probably located near Pleasant Springs, Wisconsin. A family is posed in the yard of a frame house, as is usual... |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | Aerial view of town. The Mississippi River and far shoreline is in the background. The Furnace Branch creek runs through the town in the foreground. |
| Date: | 1875 |
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| Description: | View of the Spooner residence on the south corner of Wilson and Carroll Streets, with the lake in the background. This was the home of John C., Phil H., an... |
| Date: | 1889 |
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| Description: | Looking down street toward Lake Michigan, which is visible at the end of the road. The dirt street is lined with trees and houses. On the right stands a... |
| Date: | 1876 |
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| Description: | Stereograph of a view over rooftops of a neighborhood near Lake Michigan. Shoreline can be seen in the background. |
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| Description: | Blocks of snow and ice are piled up in a river at a bridge. A large group of people are standing on the bridge in the background. A person on the left has ... |
| Date: | 04 1934 |
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| Description: | A shirtless man stands, hands in pockets, behind a white picket fence near the Brandel family cottage. A lake can be seen in the background. |
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| Description: | Rainwater pooling on the curb and in the driveway of a residence. A garage and well-groomed yard is also visible. A tricycle and coaster wagon are on a wal... |
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| Description: | The Root River swollen with rainwater and/or snow melt. A recently built duplex housing unit is visible in the background. This picture was likely taken as... |
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| Description: | A view of a two-story resort home and yard. A small water well with a wooden roof is on the right. |
| Date: | 1876 |
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| Description: | Stereograph of a view over rooftops of a neighborhood near Lake Michigan. Shoreline can be seen in the background. |
| Date: | 07 1923 |
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| Description: | A woman wearing a dress and wide-brimmed hat is emptying water from one pail into another beside a hand-cranked well. The photograph was taken on the John ... |
| Date: | 10 1923 |
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| Description: | A 1.5 horsepower McCormick-Deering engine powering a water pump outside of a building on International Harvester's Hinsdale experimental farm. |
| Date: | 1923 |
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| Description: | A rain barrel standing beneath a drain spout on a farmhouse. A barn is in the background. |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | View from hill of a farm near a pond. There are homes along the far shoreline, and a lake and hills in the far background. |
| Date: | 09 09 1922 |
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| Description: | The farmhouse of the Wetherby Cranberry Company. At the time the farmhouse was owned by H. Kissinger. In the foreground is the corner of the water reservoi... |
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