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| Date: | 06 19 1915 |
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| Description: | Photographic postcard view of Buff Creek Farm. The farmhouse is on the left and the barn and outbuildings are on the right. A man and an automobile are nea... |
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| Description: | Historical marker identifying the location of the first house in Wisconsin built between Washburn and Ashland in 1658. |
| Date: | 1919 |
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| Description: | Colorized postcard of an elevated view of a concrete bridge over a river. There is a boat near wooden pilings that stretch from the shoreline to the center... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Photographic postcard view of a family posed on a hill in front of a farm, with farmhouse, outbuildings, and a windmill. The family is gathered on a hill i... |
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| Description: | Elevated photographic postcard view of a busy road near Blanchardville. Men are driving a wagon hitched to eight horses, and people are standing in the roa... |
| Date: | 1911 |
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| Description: | View of an automobile driving down a road bordering a pond on the left. On the right is fencing and a wooden gate and a hill. Caption reads: "Driving Along... |
| 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: | 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: | Aerial view of the Wisconsin Masonic Home and Farm on Highway 18, thirty miles west of Milwaukee. |
| 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. |
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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." |
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