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Cutting Christmas Trees for Market

Date: 1895
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.
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Feeding a Calf

Date: 1900
Description: Winter scene with Bertha Gesell feeding a calf from a pan.
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Henry Bigalk and Emil Kuney (Keune)

Date: 1906
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...
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A Wisconsin Farm in Mid-Winter

Date: 1948
Description: Aerial view of a farm in mid-winter. Snow blankets the ground and some of the buildings. An orchard is in the foreground.
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After the Storm

Date: 01 1952
Description: Snow scene along County Trunk Highway A after a snow storm. The snow has drifted alongside a wooden fence in the foreground. There are power poles and a sn...
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The Quiet Time

Date: 1953
Description: Snow-covered farm buildings and trees, with a path through the snow cutting across the field in the foreground.
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December Days

Date: 1955
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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Bringing in the Logs

Date: 1955
Description: Two men hauling logs in a sled on a snow-covered farm. Farm buildings are in the distance, with trees on the left and right in the foreground.
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Cedar Spring Farm in Winter

Date: 1955
Description: Aerial view of a farm in winter, with the farmhouse, barn, and outbuildings blanketed in snow. The name Cedar Spring Farm is on the barn. Another farm is i...
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Stallion and Shadows

Date: 1959
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 ...
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Field Marshalls

Date: 1969
Description: Shocks of corn or grain standing in a snow-covered field. A lone tree and foliage is in the foreground. More trees and a fence are in the background. The s...
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Winter Shadows

Date: 01 1974
Description: A harrow in a field casting a long shadow on the snow-covered ground.
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First Snow

Date: 1975
Description: View through snow-covered cattails after a winter snowfall towards a house on the left, and a barn and a silo on the right.
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Comtemporary Contrast

Date: 1975
Description: View down hill towards a man driving a large sled pulled by two draft horses up the hill through the snow. Further down the hill in the background is a sno...
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One-Horse Open Sleigh

Date: 1976
Description: A man and women riding in a sleigh pulled by a single horse. In the background is a barn partially obscured by light snow.
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Icy Pasture

Date: 1977
Description: Horse in a pasture on a wintry day.
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For the Birds

Date: 01 1977
Description: Dried sunflowers along a barbed wire fence in a field of snow.
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Barn and Silo

Date: 1979
Description: A barn and silo, on a snow covered farm along Highway 78, between Mt. Horeb and Black Earth. The farmhouse is behind the barn. A barbed wire fence lines th...
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Country Church

Date: 02 1979
Description: A cow looks for food in a snowy field in front of a church. The field had been planted with corn.

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