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| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | Group of farm workers are standing and posing in a field while threading tobacco leaves on lathes for drying. Two children and a dog are standing in the ce... |
| Date: | 1904 |
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| Description: | A man stands atop a sled load of logs drawn by two horses at Hein's Logging Camp. Several other men stand atop large pile of logs behind him. Snow lies on ... |
| Date: | 1945 |
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| Description: | Elevated view across water towards Holstein cattle in a pasture. Caption from calendar: "A Holstein dairy herd — Polk county. Wisconsin's fame as America's... |
| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | A pair of white deer standing behind a brush pile in the woods on private land. |
| Date: | 1959 |
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| Description: | A bird's nest with eggs, on the wheel of a vintage hay rake. |
| Date: | 1959 |
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| Description: | Silhouette of a horse against a snow covered hill, on CTH PB three miles south of the Dane County Home. There is a fence around the enclosure and trees on ... |
| Date: | 1960 |
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| Description: | A man is running his dog on a trail in an old lead mining area. The trees are bare and fallen leaves are covering the ground. |
| Date: | 1961 |
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| Description: | A hunter posing on a stone wall with his shotgun and the grouse he bagged. He is wearing a billed cap, plaid coat, tough trousers and lace-up knee-high boo... |
| Date: | 10 1962 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of a fisherman netting his fish near the bridge at Keshena Falls. Caption on reverse reads: "This is an actual catch I just happened to be pr... |
| Date: | 1964 |
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| Description: | Farm scene along County Trunk Highway M. A horse is grazing in a harvested cornfield near a barn. |
| Date: | 1965 |
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| Description: | Rear view of a couple sitting in a horse-drawn buggy which is driving through a covered bridge at Stonefield Village. Buildings and trees are in the distan... |
| Date: | 1968 |
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| Description: | Two ducks are silhouetted on the Chippewa Flowage at sunrise or sunset. |
| Date: | 1975 |
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| Description: | Elevated view down road from a hill towards a dog returning to his driveway after the children were picked up by the school bus on a rural road. |
| Date: | 1976 |
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| Description: | Deserted farmstead with a cow standing in the snow at the base of a windmill. The wooden portions of the stone farmhouse are deteriorating, and many pieces... |
| Date: | 1977 |
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| Description: | A woman is leaning on a gate and gazing at a flock of geese in a farmyard. In the background are farm buildings and farmhouse with trees. |
| Date: | 1978 |
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| Description: | Red-winged blackbird perching on a fence post in a patch of wild flowering plants. |
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