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| Date: | 1891 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of a barn raising on the farm of Alva Paddock in the township of Salem on Geneva Road, Highway 50. |
| Date: | 1904 |
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| Description: | Nine girls are posing standing and wearing patriotic costumes. One girl is holding a flag of the United States. Probably a smaller group, from a total of t... |
| 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: | 1930 |
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| Description: | A winter view of "The Three Chimneys" in the St. Peter sandstone formation. |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | Pumpkins are scattered in a field near corn shocks. Farm buildings are in the distance. Caption from calendar: "Shocks of corn on a Wisconsin farm. Wiscons... |
| Date: | 1945 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of a large farm in a valley. Caption reads: "Prosperous Sauk County Dairy farm — nestling in a fertile valley between timber-clad hills. Phot... |
| Date: | 1948 |
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| Description: | Aerial view of a farm in mid-winter. Snow blankets the ground and some of the buildings. An orchard is in the foreground. |
| Date: | 1948 |
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| Description: | Aerial view of terraced farm land with shocks of harvested corn. A farm is in the valley and trees cover much of the hills. |
| Date: | 10 05 1948 |
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| Description: | Aerial photograph of the Baumgartner Dairy Farm, one half mile east of Three Lakes, WI. |
| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | Rural scene of a cluster of farm buildings with a pond in the foreground. On the horizon, trees cover the hills. |
| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | A man is harvesting potatoes using a John Deere tractor and a John Deere single row potato harvester. |
| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | Wisconsin farm scene, south of Lone Rock, but in Iowa County. A church can be seen on the left. The hills are the south bluffs of the Wisconsin River. |
| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | Dramatic view of Holy Hill against a sky full of clouds. In the foreground, cows are grazing in fenced fields. |
| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | Aerial view of a farm and surrounding fields farmed with the contour method. Shocks of grain dot several of the fields. |
| Date: | 11 1951 |
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| Description: | Aerial view of US Highway 14 southeast of La Crosse descending into Mormon Coulee. The original caption of the print, which is undated, describes the road ... |
| 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: | 1953 |
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| Description: | Snow-covered farm buildings and trees, with a path through the snow cutting across the field in the foreground. |
| Date: | 1953 |
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| Description: | View from hill towards a farm nestled in a valley. Trees dot the slopes, and woods cover the tops of the hills. |
| Date: | 1955 |
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| Description: | A young boy helps his grandfather unload a cart of split logs. |
| Date: | 1955 |
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| Description: | A man sawing the top log in a pile of firewood with a handsaw. There is snow on the ground, and he is dressed warmly. Behind him is a tree, a stone and woo... |
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