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Washburn Observatory on Observatory Hill

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Description: View up hill of Washburn Observatory on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. The President's residence and a rear view of Bascom Hall are to the rig...
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View of the Wisconsin State Capitol from the Countryside

Date: 06 1955
Description: View towards the Wisconsin State Capitol from the outlying area around Madison. Just beyond the cornfield in the foreground are buildings, one with a sign ...
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Hank Olshanski, Head Coach for Mustangs

Date: 08 03 1965
Description: Henry (Hank) Olshanski, wearing a shirt with number 56, leading calisthenics for a group of Madison Mustang football team players. He is their new head coa...
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Seed Corn Experiment

Date: 1926
Description: Field of seed corn experiment.
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University of Wisconsin Buildings

Date: 09 07 1900
Description: View across fields towards University of Wisconsin Madison buildings. On the left is standing the home of the Dean of the College of Agriculture, Stephen M...
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Flower Fields

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Description: A group of men posing in a flower field owned by the Camusat Brothers company. Some of the men are holding bouquets of flowers. Caption reads: "Flower Fiel...
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Comparative Infection of "Yellows" in Alfalfa

Date: 1926
Description: Comparative infection of "yellows" in a field of alfalfa and sweet clover.
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Man Tending Corn Plants

Date: 10 1946
Description: Man in cornfield, tending a plant.
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Arthur J. Homann, State Director of Crop Insurance

Date: 10 30 1946
Description: Portrait of Arthur J. Homann, State Director of Crop Insurance.
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Oscar Mayer Farms

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Description: View across fence through trees towards fields and farm buildings.
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Tobacco Field

Date: 08 24 1929
Description: A man is standing in a tobacco field. There are trees in the background.
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Man in Field

Date: 10 1946
Description: Man (Mr. Goodyear?) holding a muskmelon in an agricultural field.
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Man on Combine

Date: 08 02 1926
Description: Man cutting and threshing with Case 9-foot combine, at the University of Wisconsin Hill Farm.
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Corn Binder in Field

Date: 1902
Description: Left side profile view of a farmer using a horse-drawn corn binder in a field.
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Combine Thresher and Tractor

Date: 07 22 1929
Description: Two men are posing on a Nichols & Shepard combine thresher and Hart Parr tractor.
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Case Combine at Hill Farm

Date: 08 02 1926
Description: Man cutting and threshing with Case 9-foot combine at the University of Wisconsin Hill Farm.
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Man on Combine

Date: 08 02 1926
Description: Man cutting and threshing with Case 9-foot combine, at University of Wisconsin Hill Farm.
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Residence of William Arnon Henry

Date: 1900
Description: View of the University of Wisconsin residence of William Arnon Henry, Dean of Agriculture, 10 Babcock Drive with Lake Mendota in the background.
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View From Southeast Shore of Lake Monona

Date: 1875
Description: View from Southeast shore of Lake Monona across a cornfield, perhaps on the farm of Thomas Williamson.
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Wisconsin State Hospital for the Insane

Date: 1872
Description: Wisconsin State Hospital for the Insane (Mendota Mental health Institute) is seen in the distance in this long view from across cornfields.

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