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Herman Backhaus Farm
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View of the Herman Backhaus farm buildings from across the Rock River. Four people are sitting in a rowboat. Other people are standing along the shoreline and along the fence leading up to the farmhouse.
May 1900
Krueger, Alexander
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Herman Backhaus Homestead
May 6, 1900
The family standing outside the Herman Backhaus homestead.
Husking Corn
October 1899
A view of men and women husking corn in the field behind a farmhouse. Sitting from left to right are: August Prahl, August Krueger, Sarah Krueger, William Krueger, and Mary Krueger.
Krueger Homestead
April 12, 1900
View of the farm buildings of the Krueger homestead. The fields are covered with one foot of snow.
Fishing on Crawfish River
1901
View from shoreline of a man standing in a boat, dipping for carp on the Crawfish River. Behind him dip nets are set up on scaffolds in the river. There are dwellings along a ridge on the far shore...
Farmstead
1903
View across field towards a farmhouse, windmill and farm buildings. Several people are standing near a number of horse-drawn carriages near the farmhouse.
Fishing on Crawfish River
1901
Boys are standing on boats, catching red horse fish using dip nets in the Crawfish River. The dip nets are set up on scaffolds in the river. In the background along a ridge are houses.
