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Pastoral

Date: 1964
Description: Farm scene along County Trunk Highway M. A horse is grazing in a harvested cornfield near a barn.
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March of Power

Date: 1956
Description: A line of high-voltage towers march across fields of oats and barley into the distance.
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Patterns

Date: 1956
Description: Aerial view of contour farming. Farms and patches of woods are spread out in the landscape.
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First Hay

Date: 1952
Description: A woman is driving a horse-drawn hay wagon pulling a hay loader on the William Houser Farm. A child and a man, each with a hay fork, are riding on the load...
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Potato Harvest

Date: 1950
Description: A man is harvesting potatoes using a John Deere tractor and a John Deere single row potato harvester.
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Schuepbach Farm

Date: 1958
Description: The Schuepbach Farm off East Clayton Road, with a view of the Wisconsin State Capitol in the far distance.
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Strip Cropping

Date: 1973
Description: Aerial view of strip cropped farmland.
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Cemetery on Annie Glidden Road

Date: 1993
Description: Gravestones and markers in a cemetery at the side of a paved road. A cornfield is across the road.
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Saint Martin's Cemetery

Date: 06 2014
Description: Three statues among plants and small trees in a cemetery representing the Crucifixion of Jesus. Two statues of women, probably Mary and Mary Magdalene, are...
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New Brundage Farm

Date: 1935
Description: View of the farm to which the Brundage family moved with the assistance of The United States Resettlement Administration.
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Old Brundage Farm in Site I

Date: 1935
Description: View of the dilapidated farm from which the Brundage family moved with the assistance of The United States Resettlement Administration.
Manuscript

Walter Brundage

Date: 1935
Description: Page 2 of a description of the resettlement of Walter Brundage from poor farmland owned by Dr. Roach to land better suited to agriculture owned by Pat Glea...
Manuscript

Walter Brundage

Date: 1935
Description: Page 1 of a description of the resettlement of Walter Brundage from poor farmland owned by Dr. Roach to land better suited to agriculture owned by Pat Glea...
Manuscript

Brundage Family Resettlement

Date: 1935
Description: Page 2 of textual description of Brundage family and their resettlement from poor farmland to land better suited to agriculture.
Manuscript

Brundage Family Resettlement

Date: 1935
Description: Page 1 of textual description of Brundage family and their resettlement from poor farmland to land better suited to agriculture.
Photograph

Louis Hanson and Laurence Day

Date: 
Description: Wisconsin Democratic Party Chairman Louis Hanson and farmer-State Legislator Laurence Day chat while inspecting an ear of corn in a cornfield.
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Tall Corn

Date: 07 04 1933
Description: An unidentified man wearing a shirt and necktie poses with corn "shoulder high July 4, 1933."
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Theodore Vinger Farm

Date: 1932
Description: The Theodore Vinger farmstead sits on gently rolling terrain. A painted sign on the large barn identifies the owner. At the time of the photograph, Martin ...
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Pitching Hay

Date: 1932
Description: Bernice and Beatrice Dworshak, age 16, pose with pitchforks loaded with hay; one of the girls is on the hay wagon and her sister stands beside it. They are...
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Europe Lake

Date: 1930
Description: Aerial view of the northern tip of the Door Peninsula, looking north. Europe Lake is in the center, with Europe Bay to the right. Plum Island and Washingto...

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