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| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | View of a river with a dam waterfall. A road runs along the far side of the river, and a large barn is across the road on the right. Caption reads: "Scenic... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Colorized postcard view of a river scene and neighboring farm. Caption reads: "Scenic View on Milwaukee River, near Campbellsport, Wis." |
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| Description: | View of parsonage and church in a rural area. Caption reads: "German Lutheran Church and Parsonage, Canton, Buffalo County, Wis." |
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| Description: | Elevated, photographic postcard view of Nelson Dewey Memorial State Park. There are railroad tracks in the foreground; the Mississippi River is in the back... |
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| Description: | A smiling grandfather has his arm around a toddler granddaughter. A toddler boy is standing next to them. They are surrounded by chickens, and behind them ... |
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| Description: | Behind a barbed wire fence a man is splitting log rounds into barrel staves. The staves are stacked neatly to dry. |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | An unidentified woman standing near a shed is feeding chickens and geese in the barnyard. |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | Group portrait of George, Louise, and Milton, their son, standing in front of a fence. They are traveling with one suitcase and a full handbag. All three a... |
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| Description: | View across barnyard towards five men on the William Fiebelkorn farm working with a wagon and conveyor belt to load hay into a silo. The barn has a stone f... |
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| Description: | Two horse-drawn sleighs are parked in the snow in front of a house. In the first one on the left, William Fiebelkorn Sr. and his wife Fredericke (Krause) s... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Photograph postcard view down road toward a house and water tower surrounded by shrubs and trees. Caption reads: "'The Knoll' Crystal Lake, Westfield, Wis.... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Aerial view of the Wisconsin Masonic Home and Farm on Highway 18, thirty miles west of Milwaukee. |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Photographic postcard view of an open hay field with stacks of hay. The farmer in the right foreground is working on a haystack. Caption reads: "The 'Drumm... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Black and white photographic postcard of a barn, with two men and cows in the barnyard. There are patches of snow on the ground. |
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| Description: | Hand-colored postcard of a cherry orchard with rows of blossoming trees. |
| Date: | 1911 |
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| Description: | Colorized photograph of a dam on the Eau Claire River, Eau Claire, Wisconsin. Caption reads: "Dam on the Eau Claire River, Eau Claire, Wis." |
| Date: | 1933 |
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| Description: | Black and white photographic postcard (with colored sky) of farmers in a tobacco field ready for harvest. Caption reads: "Tobacco Field, Near Edgerton, Wis... |
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| Description: | View down stream running through the countryside. A cow is grazing nearby on the left under trees. |
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| Description: | Elevated view from hill of a farm and the surrounding landscape. Hills are in the distance. Caption reads: "Elroy, Wis." |
| Date: | 1907 |
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| Description: | Elevated view from hill towards the Fox River, with a farm in the foreground. The farm has a windmill with a sign on it that reads: "Kilbourn Steel Mill," ... |
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