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Three People on Ladder

Date: 1899
Description: A man and two women standing on a stile of broad wood in the middle of a field. The man standing on the second step, wearing a coat, bow tie, and fedora. T...
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Farm Family Posing Outdoors

Date: 1900
Description: View down driveway towards a farm family posing in front of their farmhouse and farm buildings. An older man and woman are sitting. Three women are standin...
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Family Scything in a Field

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Description: Three men scythe a field, possibly of wheat. Behind the men there are three children and a woman standing in a row.
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Three Men Extracting a Stump

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Description: Three men working with a two-horse team on a hill turning a winch to extract stumps, probably a Svenson Grubber sold by J.H. Carnahan.
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Women in Field

Date: 1900
Description: Two women wearing large hats stand in a field carrying a pail. Farm buildings are in the far background.
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Elderly Ho-Chunk Man with Dogs

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Description: An elderly Ho-Chunk man with a beard is posing sitting in a field with two dogs. He is identified as Nehamakeewakh (Slits His Own Throat). A fence and tree...
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Joe Bear Heart near Table of Drying Corn

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Description: Lantern slide of a Ho-Chunk man wearing a hat posing standing behind a table loaded with kernels of corn on a cloth drying by a wooden building. The man is...
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People in Yard in front of a Frame House

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Description: Man posing standing and holding/sharpening a scythe, with a dog sitting nearby. Three children are sitting in the grass, and a woman is standing in front o...
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Large Group Posing Outdoors

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Description: Eleven men and four women are posing standing in front of tents and farm buildings. They are holding buckets and baskets.
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Men Posing with Tree Stumps

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Description: Four men posing with stumps they are pulling in an open field. In the background is a winch powered by two horses in the background. There are power lines ...

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