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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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Farm Family and Farm

Date: 1889
Description: A farm family posing in front of farm buildings and farmhouse. The young daughters are wearing matching dresses. Men in the background are standing with a ...
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Man with Calf and Cow

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Description: A man stands on a road in front of a wire fence and field, and holds the end of a rope tied around the neck of a calf.
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Men Using Tractor and Threshing Machine

Date: 1897
Description: Large group portrait of men and young boys operating a steam tractor that is being used for belt-driven threshing machinery in a field. In the foreground a...
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Three People on Ladder

Date: 1899
Description: A man and two women standing on a stile of broad wood in the middle of a field. The man standing on the second step, wearing a coat, bow tie, and fedora. T...
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Man with Two Horses

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Description: Man posing with two horses in a farmyard. Fences and farm buildings are in the background. A tower on the far right may be a windmill.
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Men Displaying Horses

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Description: Men displaying horses. The man in the center is probably John Meek. Buildings are along the opposite side of the street.
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Man Training Horse

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Description: Man training a horse on a rope line in a farmyard.
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Group on Farmhouse Porch

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Description: A group of men, women and children gather on the front porch of a farmhouse. In addition to the traditional farm buildings, a windmill is visible near the ...
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Man Posed With Two Horses

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Description: A man poses, displaying two horses in the yard of a simple framed house. A woman sits on the steps of the house with a dog nearby.
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Peddler at a Farm

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Description: A male peddler shows goods to two women and a young boy. In the background, farm buildings and a windwill are visible.
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Man and Cattle

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Description: A man, possibly Virgil Taylor, is standing in a pen that is holding two short-horned cattle, one of which is drinking or eating from a bucket.
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Farmer Feeding Hogs

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Description: A farmer is carrying buckets, presumably to feed his hogs that are following him in the pen.
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Women Posing on Wagon

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Description: Two farm women stand atop a wagon pulled by a horse wearing a fly net. In addition to the two women standing, there is also a man sitting on the wagon.
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Man with Plow Driving Team

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Description: A man stands with a team of horses ready to plow a field.
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Lunch Break

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Description: A group of men stand eating and drinking. A little girl also stands with the men while they are on their break from threshing.
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Framework of a Barn

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Description: Four men work on the framework of a barn.
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Construction of a Barn

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Description: Three men are perched on the framework of a barn.
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Men Finishing Roof of Barn

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Description: A group of men put the finishing touches on a newly constructed barn by finishing the roof.
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Two Men and Steam Tractor

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Description: Two men sit atop a steam tractor that is pulling logs.

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