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Milkmaid with Cow

Date: 1911
Description: Milkmaid with pail and cow. Text reads: "Milking Time, Good Friends in Wisconsin, Scenes along the country roads."
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Pabst Residence

Date: 1870
Description: Elevated view across street towards the mansion with large yard containing many trees and a fountain on the right. A smokestack is in the distant backgroun...
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Exercise at a Public School

Date: 1909
Description: Elevated view of a large group of school children exercising in the schoolyard. Boys and girls are on separate sides of the yard. All are the students are ...
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Miss Lucille Johnson with Bowl of Bees

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Description: Photographic postcard of Miss Lucille Johnson, a young girl in a white dress with a bow in her hair. She is squatting behind a large bowl of bees, hands ou...
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Chickens on the Farm

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Description: A very happy grandmother stands in the farmyard with a granddaughter, a cow and many chickens. In the background is the farmhouse.
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Chickens on the Farm

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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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Feeding the Chicken and Geese

Date: 1900
Description: An unidentified woman standing near a shed is feeding chickens and geese in the barnyard.
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State Fish Hatchery

Date: 1920
Description: Photographic postcard of the state fish hatchery. Caption reads: "State Fish Hatchery, Delafield, Wis."
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Durand, Wis.

Date: 1910
Description: Elevated view of the town with snow on the ground. Houses are near an intersection in the foreground, and homes and commercial buildings are along the shor...
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Mrs. E.C. Barney Residence After the Cyclone, Oct 10, 1913

Date: 10 10 1913
Description: View towards a tornado-damaged home with most of the roof missing and a collapsed barn. A chicken is in the yard. Captions read: "Barn" and "Mrs. E.C. Barn...
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Anchor Inn, Pinewood Lodge

Date: 1937
Description: Text on front reads: "Anchor Inn, Pinewood Lodge, Rhinelander, Wis." A large log cabin, possibly for multiple guests, is surrounded by trees. Many of the w...
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A New Settler

Date: 1910
Description: Text on front reads: "A New Settler, L. Gervoin, Rusk Farm Settlement, Rusk Co., Wis." A farm couple and dog are posing in front of their clapboard house w...

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