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| Date: | 1895 |
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| Description: | A group of loggers at work in the woods with horses and a team of oxen. The men are cutting down fir trees to eventually be sold at market. |
| Date: | 1896 |
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| Description: | Loggers posing on narrow-gauge railroad tracks with a railroad velocipede and cant hook near Saddle Mound, a large hill that dominates the local area in Ja... |
| Date: | 07 04 1899 |
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| Description: | Fourth of July Barbecue in Menomonie arranged by the citizens and inspected by J.H. Stout. Thirteen quarters of beef were roasted and 8000 pints of soup se... |
| Date: | 1906 |
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| Description: | Henry Bigalk relaxes in a wheelbarrow holding an axe in his left hand, while Emil Kuney (Keune) is grabbing the wheelbarrow handles as if to transport Biga... |
| Date: | 08 26 1906 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of the punch table at a company picnic under trees. A man stands in the foreground looking at the camera while holding a knife, and the woman... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | The farmer and his wife are making soap outdoors. Lye is made by letting rain water seep through wood ashes for several months. Lye and fat produce soap. T... |
| Date: | 1914 |
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| Description: | Group portrait of a number of soldiers, and a young boy, at Camp Douglas having a meal on an improvised table near a tree. One of the men has a dog on his ... |
| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | A deer is standing next to a man as he is boiling maple sap over a fire pit in the woods at Blue Farm. Steam and smoke are rising up into the air. On the r... |
| Date: | 1952 |
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| Description: | A woman is driving a horse-drawn hay wagon pulling a hay loader on the William Houser Farm. A child and a man, each with a hay fork, are riding on the load... |
| Date: | 1956 |
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| Description: | A man is cooking maple syrup over a wood fire among trees. Steam is billowing from the kettle. |
| Date: | 1958 |
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| Description: | A man carrying a bucket from a barn walks behind a dog along a path shoveled through snow. |
| Date: | 1960 |
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| Description: | Steam and smoke billow as a man is boiling maple syrup on the Harvey Blue farm. |
| Date: | 1961 |
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| Description: | A man and a boy are dragging the Christmas tree they just cut down through the snow. The boy is carrying the ax. They are dressed warmly and the man is wea... |
| Date: | 1970 |
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| Description: | New snow on the steps at Devil's Lake, with a broom leaning on the hand rail. Trees are in the background. |
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| Description: | Group portrait of men at a fishing camp in the woods near Thunder Lake. Creels are hanging near long bamboo fishing poles leaning against trees. |
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| Description: | The G. Thompson family poses in front of their wooden house. One woman sits at a sewing machine working on a quilt while another works at a knitting machin... |
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| Description: | Elevated view of butter churns, crocks and two cats on the landing next to an old-fashioned spring house constructed of logs. The roof is covered with ivy ... |
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| Description: | Exterior view of family posing on the lawn in front of a house. The woman on the left is standing on a board sidewalk holding a broom. Behind her, another ... |
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| Description: | View of a woman posing sitting on the porch of a wooden building and sewing a hat, probably a milliner in front of her shop. A small girl is sitting in a r... |
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