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Crowds at the Wisconsin State Fair

Date: 1900
Description: Elevated view of crowds at the Wisconsin State Fair.
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Power Mower

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Description: Cutting the grass with a large lawn mower near the University of Wisconsin-Madison Field House (currently Camp Randall Stadium).
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Farm Machinery Exhibit at the State Fair

Date: 1905
Description: Exhibits of farm equipment and the gasoline engines that would have powered some of them at the Wisconsin State Fair. A Ferris wheel is visible in the back...
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Wisconsin State Fair Tractor Exhibit

Date: 09 12 1935
Description: A crowd of spectators looks at a McCormick Farmall tractor on display at the Wisconsin State Fair. The tractor is an F-12.
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Babcock Ceremony

Date: 1928
Description: Crowd seated on the lawn of Agriculture Hall on the University of Wisconsin-Madison for a ceremony honoring S.M. Babcock, inventor of the butter test.
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International Harvester Display at Wisconsin State Fair

Date: 1946
Description: International Harvester Company displays its products under a tent at the Wisconsin State Fair. The text on the sign reads: "Equipment Display Courtesy Sha...
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Crowd at State Fair

Date: 1935
Description: A crowd of onlookers gathers underneath a tent to watch a demonstration of a Farmall F-12 tractor with a single front wheel at the Wisconsin State Fair. O...
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Wisconsin Dairy Farm

Date: 10 05 1948
Description: Aerial photograph of the Baumgartner Dairy Farm, one half mile east of Three Lakes, WI.
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Wisconsin State Fair Exhibit

Date: 1932
Description: A cow standing on a platform is used to demonstrate a McCormick-Deering milker in the International Harvester tent at the Wisconsin State Fair. A display ...
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Two Buildings and Farm Equipment

Date: 07 1941
Description: Two buildings, perhaps outhouses, and farm equipment in the vicinity of Crandon.
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Man with Lawn Mower

Date: 1947
Description: A man stands outdoors with a lawn mower. His work gloves and hat are resting on the mower. Caption on photograph reads, "Uncle Paul from Rice Lake-Wis."
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The Apps Farm

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Description: Hand-tinted aerial photograph of the Apps Farm in the Wild Rose vicinity.
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Grain Binder

Date: 07 1994
Description: "Armond W. Behm helps in the harvesting."
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John Liegeois at Dutton Farm

Date: 1900
Description: John Liegeois at Dutton Farm. John had an identical establishment in Little Suamico. Joeseph Jr. and John and Louis Liegeois and Rachel were born in (Robi...
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Farm Buildings and Large Haystack

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Description: View across field towards farm buildings. In the foreground are tree stumps, a large tree, and fences, a haystack, and wagons. There is a two-story frame h...
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Flooding Street Scene

Date: 1974
Description: "Flooding on Mayville Street."
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Horse Power Machine

Date: 06 1983
Description: "Inspecting this horse power machine at the Theresa Historical Society are Larry Dogs, Alfred Benter, Fred Bandlow, and Martin Koll."
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Double Exposure: Farming Scene/Tent

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Description: In the foreground is a farming scene with a group of men in the background on the left, a man standing on a cart with two horses, and another man on the ri...
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People in Yard Outside a Frame House

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Description: Man posing sitting on farm equipment, probably a grain-binder, pulled by a team of four horses in the driveway of a large two-story frame house. A man is s...
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Crop Dusting Plane

Date: 06 16 1949
Description: "This crop dusting plane crashed and burned on the Lucy Firk's property on the north end of the village."

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