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Photograph

Potato Harvest

Date: 1895
Description: A bearded man stands in a vegetable garden holding a hat full of potatoes. There is a carriage with a team of horses on the road beside the garden.
Photograph

Farmer Holding Box of Produce

Date: 1895
Description: Farmer in a vegetable field holding a box of produce, showing the productivity and diversity of his farm in northern Wisconsin. A man on the left walks wit...
Print

The Home of Julius Koehler

Date: 09 04 1895
Description: A promotional card created to promote agricultural land in northern Wisconsin. This piece displays Julius Koehler, a man, and a woman in the flourishing ga...
Historical Essay

Juliet Severance, Radical Victorian

A Good Mother, a Good Friend and a Good Woman
Discover Juliet Severance, the free-thinking Whitewater physician who was involved with the anti-slavery movement, temperance and women's rights.
Historical Essay

Northern Wisconsin - Image Gallery Essay

A Hand-Book for the Homeseeker
Read about the dream of successful farming in northern Wisconsin in 1895.
Historical Essay

Farming and Industry

How a Disaster Made Wisconsin the Dairy State
Discover how Wisconsin became the nation's leader in wheat long before it was renowned for dairy, and the disaster that made it all possible.
Print

The Universal Food Chopper

Date: 1899
Description: A reproduction of an ad or counter card for the Universal Food Chopper. Text on the image reads, "The Universal Food Chopper, and a few of the things it ch...
Book or Pamphlet

Planet Jr. Implement Catalogue Cover

Date: 1890
Description: Cover of the Planet Jr. catalog. Features an illustration of a man and young girl (about 5 or 6 years old) in a garden pushing a Planet Jr. Garden Drill to...
Book or Pamphlet

J.I. Case & Co. Catalog Cover

Date: 1872
Description: Catalog cover reads: "J.I. Case, Manufacturers of Improved Threshing Machines, Steam Engines, Horse Powers &c." Features illustrations of vegetables, frui...

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