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Horse-Drawn Harvester-Thresher

Date: 09 18 1923
Description: Harvester-Thresher (combine) on a hill in a field drawn by a team of eleven horses.
Photograph

Aerial View of Upper Campus

Date: 1956
Description: Aerial view of upper campus of the University of Wisconsin-Madison with Lake Mendota.
Drawing

Wisconsin Centennial Stamp Design in Purple

Date: 
Description: Design in purple for the Wisconsin Centennial 3 cent postage stamp. There is a farming theme, with stacks of grain and a barn.
Photograph

Aerial View of Town

Date: 1965
Description: Elevated view of roads, railroad tracks, building, farm fields, and a body of water.
Photograph

Oil City

Date: 1880
Description: Elevated view from hill towards farm fields and houses. Tree-covered hills are in the distance.
Photograph

Oil City

Date: 1900
Description: Elevated view from hill towards farm fields and houses in Oil City. Tree-covered hills are in the distance.
Photograph

Man Inspecting Cornstacks

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Description: Farmer inspecting cornstacks in a field.
Photograph

Charmany Farms

Date: 1946
Description: Aerial view of farm which is part of the University of Wisconsin-Madison. In the foreground is a tree-lined road. The farm has several buildings, including...
Postcard

Horticultural, Dairy, and Agricultural Buildings

Date: 
Description: View from across fields of Horticultural buildings on left, Hiram Smith Hall in the middle, and Agricultural Hall on the right on the University of Wiscons...
Photograph

Washburn Observatory on Observatory Hill

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Description: View up hill of Washburn Observatory on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. The President's residence and a rear view of Bascom Hall are to the rig...
Photograph

New Osborne Binder

Date: 08 10 1914
Description: A man sitting on top of an Osborne grain binder pulled by three horses. A man in a straw hat, tie, and vest is standing to the left holding cut grain. Hou...
Photograph

Hickory Grove School

Date: 
Description: View across field of stone school building with outhouse and a wood pile. In the background is a church with a belfry. A road is along the right leading up...
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Jamestown School District #8 School Building and Students

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Description: Teacher and students stand spaced apart in a line in front of a clapboard one-room school building and a small shed, perhaps an outhouse. In the background...
Photograph

Little Grant School District #12 School Building

Date: 
Description: View down hill of a teacher standing in an open doorway, with students standing and sitting on the wooden landing of a clapboard one-room school building. ...
Photograph

South Lancaster School Disrict #8 School District

Date: 
Description: View from road of a stone one-room school house and shed. In the background is a field and farm buildings.
Photograph

Unidentified Rural Schoolhouse

Date: 
Description: View up slope of unidentified clapboard one-room schoolhouse with teacher and students posed outside. In the background is a fence and field.
Photograph

Livestock Judging at Union High School Agricultural Fair

Date: 10 05 1912
Description: Elevated view of crowd around horses during livestock judging. In the background are fields, a road, power lines, and in the far distance along the horizon...
Postcard

Buff Creek Farm

Date: 06 19 1915
Description: Photographic postcard view of Buff Creek Farm. The farmhouse is on the left and the barn and outbuildings are on the right. A man and an automobile are nea...
Photograph

Joe Kelley's Barn

Date: 
Description: A barn and outbuilding on the Joe Kelley farm in a field at the end of a dirt track. There is a mailbox attached to a post in the left foreground.
Photograph

Bird's-Eye View of Blue River

Date: 1913
Description: Bird's-eye view of the village. Cropland and barns cover much of the landscape.

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