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Lewis Arms on a Sled

Date: 1957
Description: Winter scene with Lewis Arms sitting on a sled in the snow at his uncle Otis Arms's farm, Hillsboro (Vernon Co.), Wisconsin.
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Family Group in Front of Farm Buildings

Date: 1890
Description: Man and woman posing sitting, each holding a child in their lap, and a young man, girl, and a boy holding a toy horn, are posing standing. The group is pos...
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Swimming, Country Style

Date: 07 1950
Description: Swimming country style on a farm in the Kettle Moraine State Forest. Two boys are swimming in a large wooden cattle tank and three young children are perch...
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Jens L. Gregerson Farm Tourist Home — Highway 16 East

Date: 1931
Description: Farmhouse with accommodations for tourists. There are bushes and trees in the lawn, and a bench and lawn swing.
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Dairying — Boys Stock Judging

Date: 1915
Description: Langlade County Fair, Wisconsin. By means of these contests the interest of the boys in better stock is intensified. A pure bred registered bull calf was g...
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Aldo Leopold

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Description: Aldo Leopold, UW Professor of Wildlife Management, posing with binoculars around his neck. He is about to embark on an inspection and bird-watching tour of...
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Gaylord Nelson on Horseback

Date: 1939
Description: Gaylord Nelson, later Wisconsin governor, United State senator, and a leading environmentalist of his era, on horseback at a ranch in Rosebud, Montana.
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Tractor Pull

Date: 09 1984
Description: "Theresa Lions Tractor Pull."
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Deer Friend

Date: 1950
Description: A deer is standing next to a man as he is boiling maple sap over a fire pit in the woods at Blue Farm. Steam and smoke are rising up into the air. On the r...
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Boy with Calf

Date: 1931
Description: Harold Calder, wearing bib overalls and a cap, poses with his calf, which won second place at the Cambridge Festival in 1931. There are chickens, a small c...
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Edna Leonard

Date: 1932
Description: Edna Leonard, a student at Northey School, poses on a horse on the Fred Leonard farm. There is an automobile and other horses in the background, as well as...
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McCaskill's Azur Arab Horse Ranch

Date: 05 08 1962
Description: Mike McCaskill (12) riding his mare, Warpaint, at the 300 acre McCaskill Azur Arab Horse Ranch.
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Neighborhood Scene

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Description: Outdoor view across lawn toward a European American woman posing standing on the porch of a wooden house. A girl is posing sitting on a wagon behind a wood...
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McCaskill's Azur Arab Horse Ranch

Date: 05 09 1962
Description: The Bill McCaskill family and some of their stock at the 300 acre Azur Arab Horse Ranch.
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Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fontanne Picnic

Date: 1942
Description: Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fontanne having a picnic while leaning against a stack of cut grain in a field at Ten Chimneys.
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Pastorius Barn — Exterior

Date: 2004
Description: Ellie Pastorius and grandchildren were photographed at N9299 Hwy AY. Grandchildren, from left: Josh, Marcia, Brandon, Brittany, Sage, and Cauy.
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Pioneer Days

Date: 09 1996
Description: "As we approach Firemen's Park, we are at the end of our ride."
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Altrusa Club Country Fair

Date: 05 09 1961
Description: Jane Howell sits in the converted hen house that was turned into a gift house for the Altrusa club annual country fair.
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Haddy Barn and Sprint Car

Date: 2004
Description: The Haddys are famous in local dirt track racing. Their son, Tim, kneels in front of a sprint car.
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Altrusa Club Country Fair

Date: 05 09 1961
Description: A woman standing beside chickens in the hen house on the Elizabeth McCoy Syene Road farm before it was transformed into a gift shop for the Altrusa club's ...

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