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Prize-Winning Cabbage

Date: 09 28 1895
Description: Five-acre cabbage field of Martin Anderson near Grantsburg, with several frame houses in the background. Mr. Anderson is holding a prize-winning head of ca...
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Farm and Rural Homestead

Date: 1890
Description: Bucolic scene in Wisconsin illustrates agricultural prosperity after the depression.
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Reaping Scene

Date: 1879
Description: Three men taking a break during harvesting. Their horse-drawn reaper raked the grain into rows as it cut. In the background are various farmstead buildings...
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Titan Tractor Advertising Poster

Date: 1919
Description: Advertising poster of World War I veteran returning home to family, farm and new Titan 10-20 tractor. The caption on the poster reads: "Look what dad bough...
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Bluff Scenery

Date: 1924
Description: Long view of bluffs with a fence and a farm in the foreground.
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International "Red Baby" Truck Leaving Rural Farmstead

Date: 1923
Description: International "Red Baby" (model S) truck loaded with binder twine(?) and a stationary engine leaving a rural farmstead. In the background a woman holding a...
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Deering Binder in Farm Yard

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Description: Farm family standing in front of their house, while on the right a man is sitting on a Deering binder, and two men on the left and right are looking on. At...
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Squash Harvest

Date: 1920
Description: A woman stands amid a patch of squash plants and displays a large squash in Marinette County.
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Winding Farm Road

Date: 05 12 1963
Description: Winding farm road and distant farm with tree-covered hill in the background.
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Early Morning at Railroad Crossing

Date: 10 03 1960
Description: Early morning at a railroad crossing on County Highway A, with houses and a barn in the distance.
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Crowd Gathered to Watch International Harvester Film

Date: 07 07 1929
Description: Rural farming crowd gathered to watch an International Harvester film on the side of a barn. The event was staged by J.H. Matthews, an International Harves...
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Ray Haupt Farm

Date: 10 02 1945
Description: Ray Haupt farm near Madison, taken for Wisconsin Power & Light.
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William Siebert Farm

Date: 10 02 1945
Description: William Siebert farm near Madison, taken for Wisconsin Power & Light Company.
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Rennebohm Farm

Date: 06 30 1944
Description: Rennebohm Farm buildings, with house in foreground and barn and silos in background, located five miles from the Capitol, 3787 Highway 151 between Madison ...
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Piper Brothers Farm

Date: 03 04 1932
Description: Piper Brothers farm scene, 4718 Odana Road near Midvale.
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African American Farm Laborer at Stovall's Plantation

Date: 05 01 1928
Description: Young man sitting in a planter drawn by two mules on the plantation of Mrs. William H. Stovall.
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Two Men Loading Bags into a International L-120 truck

Date: 1950
Description: View across barn yard towards two men loading bags into an International L-120 truck. The truck is parked outside a round barn.
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Farmer Stacking Hay in Barn

Date: 07 14 1926
Description: Farmer loading hay from a wagon into a large barn using a winch. There are other farm buildings, a water tower, and a farmhouse in the background.
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Rocky Field

Date: 11 12 1906
Description: "An annual crop of rocks" at the George A. Nelson Farm.
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Building a Barn

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Description: Two men are leaning on a fence in the foreground, with other men behind them in a field. Men on scaffolding and ladders are building a barn with a cupola. ...

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