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Wisconsin Colonization Company Farm

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Description: View across road of a woman standing by a fence at Wisconsin Colonization Company Farm in northern Wisconsin. There is a farm building to the right and sev...
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Farm and Rural Homestead

Date: 1890
Description: Bucolic scene in Wisconsin illustrates agricultural prosperity after the depression.
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Haying Crew

Date: 1895
Description: Haying crew posing in a field among the haystacks. One man in the middle is holding a very young foal, and another man sits on a horse-drawn hay rake. A fa...
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A Full Dozen

Date: 09 1904
Description: Edgar and Jennie Krueger playfully hunting for eggs.
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Joseph Seipold Pea Field

Date: 07 30 1895
Description: Two men stand in the five-foot tall pea field of Joseph Seipold three miles northeast of Antigo. Another man stands atop a horse-drawn wagon loaded with ha...
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Hogs at Feeding Time

Date: 10 12 1895
Description: Forty-nine hogs at feeding time on the farm of William Miller. The hogs are eleven-months old and weigh approximately 260 lbs each. A wagon and horse team ...
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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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Double Exposure: Farming Scene/House

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Description: A farming scene with two men standing on a tractor that is belt-driving a threshing machine in the background, and a woman and two children sitting on a ho...
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Men and Boys Riding on Hay Wagon

Date: 1930
Description: View of two boys and a man sitting on top of a loaded hay wagon hitched up to one horse wearing a fly-net and blinders. A man in a suit is standing next to...
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Garden and Farm Buildings

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Description: View from garden towards two women posing standing near the fence for a garden. Behind them, three men are displaying four horses. Another person in the ba...
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Farm Buildings

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Description: View across dirt road of farmyard. A man on the left stands with two horses in front of a barn. In the center there appears to be two women sitting in a b...
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Richard Quinney's Wheelbarrow Ride

Date: 1935
Description: Baby Richard Quinney rides on a full wheelbarrow pushed by his father, Floyd Quinney, across the farmyard.
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Unidentified Residence and People

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Description: Outdoor group portrait of a family at their farm. The family is posing on the far right in the yard. On the left near the house is a windmill with a sign f...
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Dodge County Farm

Date: 1935
Description: Elevated view from hill of chickens ranging near their coop behind a farmhouse and outbuildings on a tidy farm. There is a large barn on the right with two...
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Primrose Landscape

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Description: View over trees towards a farm and fields, possibly those of G. Tollefson.
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View of Farm and Man on Haystack

Date: 1869
Description: A farm house, a barn with a cupola, and a man standing on top of a haystack.
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Gust Wendorf

Date: 10 20 1901
Description: Gust Wendorf standing on a small rock wall. A view of his farm is in the background.
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Road and Hay Field

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Description: Unpaved road on a slope bordered by a fenced hay field. A house and outbuildings are in the far background.
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Krueger Family Farm

Date: 1908
Description: View across field from the south east of the Krueger farm, which includes farm buildings, fences, a farmhouse and a windmill.
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William Wendorf and the Farm

Date: 02 10 1902
Description: William Wendorf standing in the field in front of his farm. The farmhouse and many of the farm buildings are behind him.

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