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Philip Berndt's Farm

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Description: Hand-colored photograph of a Wisconsin farm.
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Cranberry Marshes

Date: 1910
Description: Elevated view of Wisconsin cranberry marshes with farmhouse in the background
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Derleth and His Home

Date: 1952
Description: Wisconsin author August Derleth standing in front of his Sauk City home, "the Place of the Hawks."
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Kitchen and Dining Rooms at Dam Site

Date: 1911
Description: Newly construced kitchen and dining rooms at the construction camp for the dam on the Wisconsin River. The kitchen building has three ventilators on the ro...
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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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Kaiser's Wildwoods

Date: 1935
Description: View from water of cabins in woods near shore of northern Wisconsin lake.
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Wisconsin Farm

Date: 1952
Description: Aerial view of a farm in the summer.
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Field of Potatoes on the Farm of Oswald Scheller

Date: 09 04 1895
Description: A promotional card depicting Oswald Scheller and his family on their farm in northern Wisconsin.

The caption below the image reads: "Field of potatoes on...

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Taliesin

Date: 1945
Description: Aerial view of Taliesin, Frank Lloyd Wright's residence and architectural school complex, with the Wisconsin River visible at the top. Taliesin is located...
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Asa C. Bennett and Sons Cranberry farm

Date: 1905
Description: Cranberry marshes and irrigation ditch. The family home, barn and outbuildings are in the background.
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The Result of Thrift and Energy

Date: 1895
Description: A promotional cards created to attract farmers to the agricultural land in northern Wisconsin. The image depicts Conrad Flicker and his family standing in ...
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Arthur J. Gafke Residence

Date: 02 13 1952
Description: Exterior view of the residence and yard of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur J. Gafke, located in rural Fort Atkinson, Wisconsin. The octagonal house was built in 1850.
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Crew at Power Dam Waiting for Dinner

Date: 05 31 1912
Description: Workmen posing outside the dining hall before dinner.
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Taliesin II Complex

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Description: Distant view of Taliesin II.
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Evacuation Route Out of Milwaukee

Date: 1961
Description: Evacuation route out of Milwaukee. View from the side of the road looking downhill towards the rear of a Wisconsin State Patrol cruiser parked on the right...
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Steube's

Date: 1936
Description: Log cabin with a stone chimney, nestled in Wisconsin northwoods in the vicinity of Clam Lake. A rustic log bench and a hand water pump are in the yard.
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Fernwood — Residence of Colonel Schofield

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Description: Exterior view from road towards Colonel Schofield's residence. A man and two women are sitting on the porch, and a person and a horse are standing at the g...
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Arbor Seat

Date: 05 07 1961
Description: A scenic view of an arbor seat by a fallen, yet still living, apple tree. This image was taken on University of Wisconsin-Madison College of Agriculture pr...
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Moonrise over Southern Wisconsin

Date: 01 1981
Description: A ranch style farmhouse sits in the far distance beyond an empty field at night, with a full moon in a cloudless sky directly above.
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Log Cabin Recreation Hall

Date: 1935
Description: Single-story log cabin with stone fireplace chimney on shore of Spider Lake.

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