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Barn and Farmer's House

Date: 
Description: Elevated view of barn and farmer's house of John Bass.
Photograph

Treelimbs Cut to Accommodate Electrical Wires

Date: 08 1924
Description: View along the edge of a road of a tree that has been cut multiple times at its limbs to make way for electrical wiring on power lines. The tree appears to...
Photograph

Village on the Bluffs

Date: 1936
Description: View along side of road across a field of a village on the Mississippi bluffs, with many houses and telephone lines visible.
Photograph

An Old Landmark — Effinger Park

Date: 1930
Description: Exterior view of buildings in Effinger Park. A dirt road leads up to the house where two cars are parked. There is a picnic table and a large tree in the f...
Photograph

Bridge and Dam

Date: 
Description: Elevated view of a stream with a dam and a bridge. There is a small fenced garden along the water. In the distance is a hillside with houses.
Photograph

Bird's-Eye View

Date: 1925
Description: View of a church, field, and cemetery from a hilltop. A car drives down the road in the lower-right corner.
Photograph

Highway 11

Date: 1928
Description: A car drives across a metal bridge on Highway 11.
Photograph

Bird's-Eye View

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Description: Elevated view from hill of rural landscape.
Painting

State Fair Centennial Mural Study Sketch

Date: 1948
Description: Prior to the 1948 State Fair, artist Robert Hodgell traveled Wisconsin to study its many landscapes. He then produced a series of study sketches outlining ...
Painting

State Fair Centennial Mural Study Sketch

Date: 1948
Description: Prior to the 1948 State Fair, artist Robert Hodgell traveled Wisconsin to study its many landscapes. He then produced a series of study sketches outlining ...
Photograph

Lorena Feldmann

Date: 1931
Description: Lorena Feldmann, 13, hoes in the garden at her family's farm. She is somewhat overdressed for the task in a light coat, white stockings and dress shoes. A ...
Painting

Dairy Farm

Date: 1948
Description: A painting of a dairy farm, which was part of the State Fair Centennial mural.
Photograph

University of Wisconsin Linden Drive

Date: 1900
Description: View down Linden Drive on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. Original caption reads, "Linden Drive in the spring time." Trees line both side of th...
Photograph

Man Using Horse-Drawn Mower

Date: 1900
Description: Man using a horse-drawn mower along the edge of a rocky path. There are split-rail fences along the sides of the path. A pile of lumber is behind the team ...
Historical Object

Paul Vanderbilt Pairing 63

Date: 
Description: You came to know that book by its covered distance,
well remembered by the measure
of the trudging barefoot mile
Photograph

Windmill

Date: 1993
Description: An old and worn windmill standing in a field. Overgrown shrubs are climbing up the base of the windmill. A road and farm buildings are in the far distance....
Photograph

Man Driving Farm Truck

Date: 07 22 1925
Description: Three-quarter view from front left of a man driving a farm truck with a stake body. The truck has an Indiana license plate.
Photograph

Train Entering Railroad Yard

Date: 09 04 1925
Description: Elevated view across dirt road towards a train entering a railroad yard.
Photograph

McCormick-Deering Grader on Road

Date: 06 30 1927
Description: Three-quarter view from front left of a man operating a grader on a road. There is a fence and field in the background.

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