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Aerial View of Contour Strip Farming

Date: 1958
Description: Aerial view of contour strip farming with the Obert Olstad farm in foreground. The Carl Backum farm is in the background.
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Genoa Dam

Date: 1953
Description: View across fields towards the Genoa Dam on the Mississippi River. Tree-covered hills are on the left.
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Man Raking Hay with Side Rake

Date: 1935
Description: Farmer operating a horse-drawn hay rake in a field.
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"Three Chimneys" Land Formations

Date: 1930
Description: A winter view of "The Three Chimneys" in the St. Peter sandstone formation.
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Farm Buildings in the Springtime

Date: 05 19 1966
Description: View of a barn and farm buildings against the early morning light. Budding trees are in the foreground, and a hill with trees are in the background.
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Field with Wheel Tracks

Date: 05 30 1962
Description: View down a hill of a newly prepared field with wheel tracks in the dirt.
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Country Valley

Date: 05 30 1962
Description: A country valley with a winding stream. A farmhouse with barn and silo are on the right.
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Sloping Farmland

Date: 05 17 1966
Description: View uphill towards a farmer planting crops on a treeless slope which rises just beyond him, with a cloudy sky above. Various grasses are growing in the fo...
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Group of Men and Boys Threshing

Date: 1900
Description: Group of men and boys threshing. They are using a tractor for a belt-driven threshing machine, and on the left two horses pull a wagon with large barrels.
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Bird's-Eye View

Date: 1925
Description: Elevated view from bluff of Chaseburg. The train depot is at the bottom of the frame.
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Bird's-Eye View of Coon Valley

Date: 1925
Description: Elevated view of Coon Valley from a hilltop. Trees are on either side of the frame. In the city, there is a cemetery, church, and field of crops.
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Bird's-Eye View

Date: 1925
Description: View of Coon Valley. Tall plants cover the lower portion of the frame. The landscape is includes homes, fields, and hills.
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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.
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Highway 11

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

Date: 06 1968
Description: Farmer weeding in a tobacco field.
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Young People's Hall

Date: 1920
Description: Exterior of the Young People's Hall building. There are fields and a barn in the background.
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Farmers' Alliance Store

Date: 1914
Description: Exterior of the Farmers' Alliance Store. On the side of the building are two signs that say: "Horseshoe Tobacco."
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Scenic View

Date: 1924
Description: A road intersection in a rural area. A tree and a shed on the left. A general store in the back. A house, a shed and a cornfield on the right.
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Terraced Drainage

Date: 1936
Description: A level pasture terrace showing water in the channel. These terraces, largely experimental, are built on the level, drainage being provided for by means of...
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View of Farmland

Date: 1937
Description: Peder G. Dahl farmland with crops on five contoured terraces.

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