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People Posed Along Main Street

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Description: People are standing and sitting along the dirt road. There are a few framed buildings, a woman holding a horse, and a group of people in front of a fenced-...
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People at Racetrack

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Description: Racetrack crowded with people.
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Farm along Rural Lane

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Description: A farm adjoining a rural lane. A group of people are in a wagon at the side of the lane on the left. Beyond the fence are people on a wagon and other peopl...
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People in Carriage near Fence

Date: 1869
Description: People in carriage in front of picket fence, wagons and people behind; large frame house with parapet roof, Corinthian porch columns, brackets at roof; car...
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People at Cemetery

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Description: Elevated view of various groups of people in a cemetery. A small group of people are gathered around a grave in the foreground. Other small groups are walk...
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Statue of a Norwegian

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Description: Elevated view of a crowd of people surrounding a statue, presumably of a notable Norwegian figure. Many people are carrying flags.
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Horse-Powered Cane Mill

Date: 1919
Description: View towards a person standing in the center near a horse-powered cane mill. Three people are working under an open-roofed structure in the background.
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Playing Croquet on the Farm

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Description: People are playing croquet in a field in the foreground with other people, horses, cattle and carriages also posing in the field. In the background, peopl...
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Farm Implements in the Farmyard

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Description: Elevated view of group of people and farmhouse. There are three men with a horse-drawn self-rake reaper, and behind them are more people, several horses an...
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Demonstrating IH Implements

Date: 07 30 1928
Description: View across railroad tracks towards IH implements near a large, circular tent. People are walking on the grounds, and more people are inside the tent. A la...
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Good People, Bad Product

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Description: Three people behind a fenced gate with two signs. One reads: "U.S. Air Force: Good People, Bad Product," and the other sign, on the right, has a peace dove...
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Family Posed with Carriage near Farmstead

Date: 1878
Description: People in farmyard on horse-drawn wagon with surrounding people standing or on horseback. Barn in background is wood frame with diagonal boards. Note als...
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Playing Croquet on the Farm

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Description: People playing croquet in a field in the foreground with horses, cattle and carriages also in the field. In the background, people are standing on the porc...
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Herman Backhaus Farm

Date: 05 1900
Description: View of the Herman Backhaus farm buildings from across the Rock River. Four people are sitting in a rowboat. Other people are standing along the shoreline ...
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Kiddie Train, Vilas Park Zoo

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Description: View of people riding the Kiddie Train at the Vilas Park Zoo. People behind the train are standing and watching the train near a fence, and there is a came...
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Group of People in front of Building

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Description: Group of people on steps in front of unknown building in Milwaukee. A car is parked on the street.
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Orlando Mathews Home

Date: 1907
Description: People standing in front of home, possibly that of Orlando Mathews.
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Flooded River near Houses

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Description: Blocks of snow and ice are piled up in a river at a bridge. A large group of people are standing on the bridge in the background. A person on the left has ...
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Bear Trap Falls

Date: 1929
Description: Group of people at Bear Trap Falls in the Wolf River near Keshena. People are standing on the shoreline on the left near a sign for the falls. A man is sta...
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Group of People with Farmall B Tractor

Date: 1948
Description: Elevated view of a group of people working in a field. A Farmall B tractor is pulling a 12-row power celery planter on the Orange Lake Muck Farms. Approxim...

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