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80th Anniversary Founding of Swiss Colony

Date: 08 16 1925
Description: A chorus of men singing on stage with a crowd watching. A group of officials seated on the right. Rolling farmland in the background.
Photograph

Alvin Sebald

Date: 1931
Description: Alvin Sebald, 14, a student at Rhine Center School, poses in front of a tree. He is wearing bib overalls and a necktie. There is a barn and other farm buil...
Document

Wisconsin State Bee Keepers Association Membership Certificate

Date: 
Description: Wisconsin State Bee Keepers Association membership certificate, signed by N.E. France Association President. No. 148. Illustrations of clover flowers and b...
Postcard

A Rural Procession of Carriages

Date: 1910
Description: View of a procession of horse-drawn carriages along a dirt road through a field. The second carriage from the left is a hearse. There is a farm in the back...
Photograph

Group Posing Next to Chevrolet

Date: 1918
Description: Florentina, Jennie, and Edgar Krueger posing next to a 1917 Chevrolet touring car on the Krueger farm. In the background, cows or horses are grazing in a f...
Book or Pamphlet

The Buckeye Catalog with Calendar — February & March

Date: 1895
Description: Catalog featuring calendar pages. February features Lewis Miller, the father of the mowing machine, with text and a portrait. March has an illustration of ...
Photograph

Man in Field Using Horse-Drawn Binder

Date: 1900
Description: Three-quarter view from left rear of a man using a horse-drawn binder in a field. Two men are standing near a sheaf of wheat on the left. Another man is st...
Photograph

Group of Men Posing in Field

Date: 1900
Description: Group of men posing in field around a man sitting on a horse-drawn McCormick binder. In the background are farm buildings, and in the far distance a valley...
Photograph

Strawberry Time

Date: 1913
Description: A group of finely dressed men and women posing in a strawberry field. There are buildings in the background. The people are identified in a handwritten ca...
Photograph

Thresher Operation in Field

Date: 08 07 1926
Description: View across field towards demo of new machine(?) with a crowd of well-dressed men observing. Farm buildings are in the far distance.
Photograph

Men Standing Near Tractor and Harvester Thresher

Date: 08 18 1926
Description: Two men are standing near a harvester thresher attached to a tractor parked in a field. There are automobiles and buildings in the background.
Photograph

Three Men Posing with Farmall Tractor

Date: 10 20 1927
Description: Three men are posing with a Farmall tractor in a field. In the background are trees, fence, road, and farm buildings. There is a truck behind the group on ...
Photograph

Three Men Posing with Farmall Tractor

Date: 10 20 1927
Description: Three men are posing with a Farmall tractor in a field. In the background are trees, fence, road, and farm buildings. There is a truck behind the group on ...
Photograph

Group Portrait of Men at IH Rural Dealership

Date: 10 12 1928
Description: Elevated view of a group of men posing in field at IH rural dealership. Behind the men is a row of cream separators, tractors, and agricultural equipment. ...
Photograph

Two Boys with Calf

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Description: Two boys are holding onto ropes and following behind a calf who has the ropes attached to a collar on its neck. Farm buildings are in the background. Hand-...

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