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Farmhouse Facade

Date: 1915
Description: View across lawn toward the front of the house, with a stone front porch and a balcony above. A fence is along the right and left bordering the yard. Field...
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Spring Ground Preparation

Date: 05 06 1929
Description: View towards a man using a Farmall tractor to pull an agricultural implement in a field.
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Digging Potatoes

Date: 05 01 1928
Description: Three-quarter view from right rear of two men working in a field. One man is driving a Farmall tractor which is pulling another man who is sitting on a pot...
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Snowplow

Date: 11 23 1928
Description: Elevated view from front of a snowplow on a road. Cornfields are on the left and right.
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Snowplow in Deep Snow

Date: 12 14 1927
Description: View from front of a man snowplowing in deep snow.
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Snowplow in Deep Snow

Date: 12 14 1927
Description: View from front of a snowplow working in deep snow.
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Snowplow in Deep Snow

Date: 12 14 1927
Description: View towards front of truck with a snowplow. The plow is moving through deep snow in a rural area.
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Farmhouse Facade in Early Spring

Date: 1915
Description: View of a house surrounded by trees. Snow is on the ground, and the base of a windmill is on the right near the house.
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Comic Shooting Scene

Date: 1900
Description: Staged scene of a man pointing a rifle at another man, who has thrown his hands up and is leaning back. A third person is lying on the ground. A pond is be...
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Two Woodcutters

Date: 1907
Description: Two young men are posing under a tree in front of neatly piled stacks of fuelwood, and a tall pile of fuelwood on the right. The man on the left is sitting...
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Barn Under Construction

Date: 1907
Description: View of a barn under construction. The roof support beams are in place. Several men are posing on the left in the hay loft and one man above standing on to...
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Road in the Vicinity of Madison

Date: 1852
Description: View down a road lined with trees. Two people in a horse-drawn vehicle are moving down the road. Caption reads: "Unidientified road in the vicinity of Madi...
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Fitchburg Traffic on Highway 14

Date: 08 30 1958
Description: Telephoto shot of Labor Day Sunday traffic in Fitchburg on a two lane highway 14 near Clayton Road. Nineteen cars are north bound. Four cars are south bou...
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Children by the Reverend Abraham Jacobson Home

Date: 1877
Description: Detail from original. Original caption reads: "Three children stand at the corner of the home of the Reverend Abraham Jacobson (1836-1910) and his wife Nic...
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Brisbane House

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Description: William Henry Brisbane house. The house was built between 1868 and 1869 from locally quarried stone for Dr. Brisbane, a physician and Baptist minister. He ...
Postcard

Reeves Roadside Market

Date: 1969
Description: Text on reverse reads: "Reeves Roadside Market, Highway 14 East of Spring Green. Telephone (608)588-2744 or 588-3996. Home Grown Fruits and Vegetables in s...
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Andy's Gun Clinic, Holland

Date: 02 1983
Description: View of a two-car garage in winter with snow on the ground. One garage door is open and a car is parked inside. A sign on the garage reads: "ANDY'S GUN CLI...
Postcard

Roadside View

Date: 09 12 1913
Description: Text on front reads: "Roadside View, Shullsburg, Wis." View of an unpaved road leading into a small town framed by a large tree. A church and other buildin...
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Aerial View of Wittnebel's Tavern

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Description: Aerial view of Wittnebel's Tavern.
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For the Birds

Date: 01 1977
Description: Dried sunflowers along a barbed wire fence in a field of snow.

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