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Residential Housing

Date: 1936
Description: View down road of mass-produced residential housing with farm in background.
Photograph

Michael Johnson Engesether Family

Date: 1870
Description: The Michael Johnson Engesether family is seen from across a field standing at the side of a stone house with a frame addition. The house has a small front ...
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Snowy Road near Farmhose

Date: 
Description: Snowy and muddy road by several farmhouses and farm buildings.
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Cornfields

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Description: Cornfield and views of houses from a hill.
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Cotton Storage Bin

Date: 1942
Description: Piles of cotton fill a storage bin at the Hopson Planting Company plantation.
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Farm with Windmill

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Description: Farm buildings, including a farmhouse and a windmill.
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Boy Riding Horse

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Description: A young boy rides a horse without a saddle in a farm yard.
Print

Notre Dame Convent

Date: 1871
Description: The building has a fence around it and the yard is filled with trees. Pedestrians are in the road, as well as a man riding a horse.
Photograph

State Street

Date: 1870
Description: Elevated view from rooftops of what was known as Watertown Plank road, looking west from about North 35th Street. Several homes, and many open fields occup...
Photograph

Two Women in a Horse-Drawn Buggy

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Description: A portrait of two women sitting in a horse-drawn buggy stopped in front of a wooden fence and a log house. Photographer's shawdow is in foreground.
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Empty Bobsled in Farmyard

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Description: An empty bobsled in a farmyard in front of a wooden fence, a frame house, and other farm buildings.
Photograph

Gravel Road with Farmhouses

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Description: A car is parked on a gravel road that stretches to the horizon. Farmhouses, barns, and fields are on both sides of the road. Telephone poles, trees, and a ...
Photograph

Harvesting Rice

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Description: View of a field of rice being harvested. A team of horses are pulling agricultural equipment, and several houses/outbuildings are in the distance. Caption ...
Photograph

House Moving Rig on Rural Road

Date: 1915
Description: Mogul 8-16 tractor pulling a house moving rig on rural road. The rig is labled: "A.T. Coffin House Moving."
Photograph

Bird's-Eye View of Town

Date: 1930
Description: View from hill of a farm near a pond. There are homes along the far shoreline, and a lake and hills in the far background.
Historical Object

Wisconsin Thematic Panel 85-90

Date: 
Description: 200 years this tree grew here and so did I
We were raised here and brought up young ones
Magazine or Periodical

International Harvester Tractor in Field

Date: 1950
Description: A man is driving a tractor in a farm field in Australia. Expansive farm fields are seen in the background. Original caption reads: "For the conservation of...
Map or Atlas

A Plan of the Rapids of the Ohio

Date: 1793
Description: Detailed topographical map of the Ohio River between Clarkville and Louisville. It shows plots of farmland, forest, islands, garden plots, houses, Fort Fe...
Photograph

View Across a Lake

Date: 1910
Description: A view across the lake. There are houses and a farm on the opposite shore.

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