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Cows Grazing in Water

Date: 05 2014
Description: View across fence towards two cows standing a field flooded from spring rains. A Canada goose is swimming near a tree in the background on the right. In th...
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Chicken House

Date: 07 2014
Description: View of an abandoned chicken coop next to an empty and rusting corn crib on a farm. Tall grass and weeds are growing in front. In the distance on the right...
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Marjorie at the Old Place

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Description: Marjorie Quinney looking towards the Quinney family farmhouse from a distant field.
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Sledding

Date: 02 2014
Description: Two boys playing on a snow-covered hill on a farm. There is a house in the background. One boy is sledding down the hill on a sled face first, while a dog ...
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By the Sweet By and By

Date: 05 2014
Description: Close-up of a grand piano and old sheets of music in the historical house of the musician Joseph P. Webster. A vase of flowers is on top of the piano behin...
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Watering the Pigs at the Farm

Date: 08 10 2015
Description: A young boy in the foreground is standing just outside of a pig pen, and is holding a hose to spray water onto the pigs inside the pen. The pigs are wallow...
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Ralph Quinney Waters the Family Cows

Date: 1938
Description: Young Ralph Quinney fills a water trough for a group of Jersey cows on the family farm.
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Hay Mowing

Date: 1947
Description: Young Ralph Quinney driving a horse-drawn hay-mower on his family's farm.
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Mervin Kittleson and Floyd Quinney

Date: 1924
Description: Mervin Kittleson and Floyd Quinney standing in front of a barn and next to a Ford Model T just before they embark for a trip to California.
Historical Essay

Cadle, Richard Fish (1796-1857)

Missionary and Clergyman
Biography of Richard Fish Cadle, Episcopal clergyman and missionary who established many Wisconsin parishes.
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Floyd and Marjorie at the Old Place

Date: 1903
Description: Floyd and Marjorie Quinney playing in the yard at the Old Place. Floyd has a small wagon and Marjorie stands by a chair. Possibly taken by a traveling ph...
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Threshing Day

Date: 
Description: Threshing day in the fields at the Quinney family farm. View includes, two workers, a tractor powering the thresher, a horse-drawn cart full of straw, a t...
Property Record

127 S LINCOLN ST

Community: Elkhorn
County: Walworth
Historic Name: Edward Elderkin House
Reference Number: 10182

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