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Main Street

Date: 1873
Description: Main Street, with its dirt, ruts, cows (and presumably manure), but wide enough for easy hitching of wagons and teams.
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Charles Green

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Description: Charles Green, the last survivor of the African American colony at Pleasant Ridge (near Lancaster, WI) looks out over the community graveyard.
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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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Bossy's Bibacious Bouncing Baby

Date: 1905
Description: Woman feeding calf from a bucket.
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Amund Rustebakke Farm

Date: 1873
Description: View across field towards the Amund Rustebakke farm. Twelve haystacks dominate the left and center of the image, and two people are standing on top of the ...
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Cross Plains from Lutheran Church Hill

Date: 05 10 1928
Description: The Lutheran Church and buildings, seen from Lutheran Church Hill.
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View from Hill of Cross Plains

Date: 1928
Description: View from hill of uptown Cross Plains with the Catholic Church (St. Francis Xavier) and farmhouses.
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Round Barn

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Description: View across field of a round barn with cows grazing in the pasture in front. Built by John Warren, Menominee.
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Mormon Temple Site

Date: 1900
Description: View of a Mormon temple site. In the foreground is a tree along a fence. Farm buildings are in the background beyond a field.
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View of Theresa, Wisconsin

Date: 1907
Description: View of Theresa, Wisconsin.
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View from Brisbois Bluff

Date: 1910
Description: Elevated view from Brisbois Bluff.
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Weiss Farm

Date: 1937
Description: Stone bake house and smoke house at Weiss farm, residence of John Weiss, in the township of Saukville, Ozaukee County, one half mile from County Trunk Hwy ...
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Wisconsin Landscape

Date: 1920
Description: A view of a rolling rural landscape, most likely in Sauk County. In the far distance are houses and farm buildings, a church and a larger building, center ...
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Farm Entrance

Date: 05 1925
Description: View from road of front entrance of the Speedwell Farm. Original caption reads: "Desirable farm entrance -- neat and reasonably constructed. Also showing t...
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Building Concrete Curb of Silo

Date: 1915
Description: View of the construction of the concrete curbs of pit silo, including a wooden form. On the left is a young girl looking out from behind a fence. In the fa...
Postcard

Farmer with Cows

Date: 02 1910
Description: Farmer and two cows standing outside near a barn in winter.
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McCormick Grain Binders at University of Wisconsin-Madison

Date: 1900
Description: Two men use horse-drawn McCormick grain binders in a field in front of a dairy barn at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. A grain elevator or walkway ext...
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McCormick Binders at University of Wisconsin-Madison

Date: 1900
Description: Two men use horse-drawn McCormick grain binders in a field in front of a dairy barn at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. A grain elevator or walkway ext...
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Wendling Barn

Date: 2004
Description: The Wendling barn was built in 1929 for $10,000. In 1991, cows were milked for the last time.
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Krueger Barn

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Description: Reagan, the dog (named after the past president) joined the Krueger family for this group portrait.

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