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Survey Group
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Group of surveyors from the Agricultural Department at the University of Wisconsin posing on the back platform of their railroad car 404, "the Palace Car." The men are: McKerrow, Riley, Thayer, Henry, Cleveland, and Pierce. Two other people pose along the tracks on the side of the car. In the background on the left is the Florence railroad station.
1895
Perkins, H. J.
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C.W. Washburn Farm
August 2, 1895
On the farm of C.W. Washburn, two men pose by a apple tree in full fruit. A man (with his back to the camera) and a farm building are in the background.
Ephraim Watts Home
August 2, 1895
Ephraim Watt, his wife Rhoda Adelaide Watt (née Mosher), and their daughter, Glendora Eunice Watt, pose in front of their log home, 14 miles southwest of Florence. The image caption reads, "where w...
Hay Barn
1895
Three men posing with an open-air hay barn. Two men stand in front of the barn near two horses, while one man stands on the roof of the barn.
Fenced Garden
1895
Elevated view of man posing in a fenced garden outside a house and storage buildings.
Farm Home
1895
Two women, a man and a child posing on a road adjoining their homestead, with stumpland and a forest behind them.
Well-Dressed Group
1895
A group of well-dressed men and a dog pose in a forested area.
