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Halvor Nerison Hauge and Other Farmers

Date: 1874
Description: Halvor Nerison Hauge (1830-1906) had much to be proud of in 1874: an imposing brick house, modern harvesting equipment and a growing family. When Dahl publ...
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Family with Farm Animals near Barn

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Description: Family and animals, including horses and cattle with some apparent shorthorn markings, near the barn. Behind the group of two women and four children is a ...
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Cows, Girl, and Cat

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Description: A cow, standing in front of a girl and a cat, with farm equipment and another cow in the background.
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Miniature Farm Display at Muscatine Imp. Co.

Date: 07 02 1929
Description: A tabletop display of a miniature farm, including a house, barn, garage, windmill, fences, plants, tractor, truck, animals, and two water pumps. A sign on ...
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Men and Boy with Kemp Manure Spreader

Date: 1910
Description: Panoramic view of man on horse-drawn Kemp No. 2 20th Century manure spreader. Sitting on the ground on the left is a man and young boy (possibly father and...
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A Farm Auction

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Description: An auctioneer, a clerk, and a helper stand on a stage on a farm conducting an auction as potential bidders surround them. Farming equipment and other items...
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Man with Cow

Date: 1919
Description: A man stands behind what appears to be a Holstein cow in a barnyard. A farm building appears in the background.
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Manure Management

Date: 10 1930
Description: A man is using a pulley on a track system to release manure from a litter carrier into a manure spreader at International Harvester's Hinsdale experimental...
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Man and Child in Farm Field

Date: 1913
Description: A man uses a walking plow led by a team of two horses to work in a farm field while a child watches from behind.
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Moving Silage

Date: 1917
Description: A derrick is moving a box full of silage from a pit silo on an International Harvester Company farm.
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Man with Jersey Calves on IH Demonstration Farm

Date: 06 1930
Description: A man is feeding a group of Jersey calves from a metal bucket. Another man is using a tool to work in a field in the background.
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Foreign Harvesting Scene

Date: 1900
Description: Men with hand harvesting tools and an ox-drawn hay cart in a foreign field (possibly India?).
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State Fair Centennial Mural Study Sketch

Date: 1948
Description: Prior to the 1948 State Fair, artist Robert Hodgell traveled Wisconsin to study its many landscapes. He then produced a series of study sketches outlining ...
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Boy with Calf

Date: 1931
Description: Claire Alexander posing with a young calf in a pasture near a wooded ravine at his father's farm. There is a manure spreader and shed in the background.
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Old Farm Machinery

Date: 07 2014
Description: Farm equipment and machinery, including a corn elevator in the foregroung, stored in a grassy field. Cows are grazing in the background.

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