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| Date: | 1958 |
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| Description: | Aerial view of contour strip farming with the Obert Olstad farm in foreground. The Carl Backum farm is in the background. |
| Date: | 1957 |
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| Description: | Aerial view of Yellowstone Lake and surrounding countryside. |
| Date: | 05 26 1950 |
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| Description: | Apple orchard in blossom on the side of a road. There are a number of cut stumps in the foreground. A house is in the background among trees, and a watchto... |
| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | Aerial view of a farm and surrounding fields farmed with the contour method. Shocks of grain dot several of the fields. |
| Date: | 03 12 1950 |
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| Description: | "This little brook is located near Raccoon Road." |
| Date: | 08 09 1957 |
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| Description: | View of the Martin P. Kapec apple orchard along Verona Road in Fitchburg. |
| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | Aerial view of town, showing all of Lake Metonga in the background. Caption reads: "Greetings from Crandon, Wisconsin." |
| Date: | 1955 |
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| Description: | Elevated view from a hill towards a valley with several farms and fields. A forested hill is in the far background. |
| Date: | 07 1952 |
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| Description: | Boy using a halter to lead a camel carrying a large load of grain on its back, in the vicinity of Ardebil in the Azerbijan province of Iran. |
| Date: | 1957 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of Little Sister Bay and the surrounding landscape. |
| Date: | 1955 |
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| Description: | A very large white oak tree standing along County Trunk Highway S dwarfs a utility pole nearby. There is a barn across a field in the far background. The t... |
| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | View across field towards a man driving a TD-18A. Subject: "TD-18A — Land Clearing." Where Taken: "MidW." Information with photograph reads: "TD-18A Marvin... |
| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | Subject: "TD-24 — Land Clearing." Where Taken: "Pac." Information with photograph reads: "Owned by Larry Lambertz, Imperial, Calif. Used with a Marvin land... |
| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | View of a man driving a TD-18A in a field. Subject: "TD-18A — Irrigation." Where Taken: "MidW." Information with photograph reads: "Owned by Brown Bos., Co... |
| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | View of two men working filling gullies and leveling land. Subject: "TD-14A — Land Clearing." Where Taken: "MidW." Information with photograph reads: "Owne... |
| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | Aerial view of contour farming surrounding multiple farms and woods. |
| Date: | 1953 |
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| Description: | Elevated view along a hillside into a valley, with forests, buildings, and crop fields. Caption reads: "Barree Coulee from St. Joseph's Ridge, La Crosse Co... |
| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | Aerial view of a hydroelectric power plant owned by Northern States Power Company located on the Chippewa River. A highway bridge and a railroad bridge spa... |
| Date: | 1956 |
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| Description: | Aerial view of contour farming. Farms and patches of woods are spread out in the landscape. |
| Date: | 1952 |
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| Description: | A man driving a tractor, pulling a chopper filling a forage wagon, over gently rolling hills. |
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