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Aerial View of University Hill Farms

Date: 09 1958
Description: University Hill Farms from an aerial perspective.
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Road near University Farms

Date: 1922
Description: University of Wisconsin-Madison road near University Farms. There are cows in a field on the right.
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Hill Farms State Office Building During Construction

Date: 1962
Description: Aerial view of the Hill Farms State Office Building, 4802 Sheboygan Avenue, during construction.
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Monona Farm

Date: 1927
Description: Monona Farm, operated by the Quaker Oats Company.
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University Hill Farms Development

Date: 01 31 1964
Description: Aerial view of University Hill Farms area which has grown from a cow pasture to a square-mile housing and business area. 4,000 people live in 750 single-fa...
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1915 Ford Truck

Date: 05 02 1935
Description: 1915 model Ford truck, with driver, in a farm yard.
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Trees Blown Over by Windstorm

Date: 06 20 1931
Description: Trees blown over by windstorm, at the Edward Korb farm, Route 1, Waunakee Road.
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Hilldale Shopping Center Construction

Date: 04 03 1962
Description: View looking south from the Shorewood bluff of the Hilldale Shopping Center under construction. Apartments and houses in the Hill Farms neighborhood are in...
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Piper Brothers Farm

Date: 03 04 1932
Description: Piper Brothers farm scene, 4718 Odana Road near Midvale.
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Bowman Dairy and Farm

Date: 09 14 1932
Description: View across road towards the Bowman dairy and farm on Fish Hatchery Road.
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Cottage Grove Rd. at Acewood Blvd.

Date: 1960
Description: Aerial view of rural landscape with suburban construction in foreground. Cottage Grove Road is at left with the newly constructed Acewood Boulevard crossin...
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We Are Power Farmers

Date: 1924
Description: A middle-aged man stands holding an agricultural implement in a field of tobacco plants. A sign next to him reads: "We Are Power Farmers Using Fordson Trac...
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Hilldale Shopping Center

Date: 1962
Description: Aerial view of the Hilldale Shopping Center and environs. Anchor store is Gimbels. N. Midvale Boulevard runs left to right. The State Department of Transpo...
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Governor Oscar Rennebohm Farm

Date: 05 24 1947
Description: Governor Oscar Rennebohm farm, on U.S. Highway 151, five miles east of the Capitol between Madison and Sun Prairie. Shows the barn and bungalow intended fo...
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No. 2 Ensilage and Forage Blower

Date: 1947
Description: View across farmyard towards a man working with a No. 2 ensilage and forage blower near a barn and two silos. Bowman dairy farm.
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Aerial View of University of Wisconsin-Madison

Date: 1956
Description: Aerial view over University Avenue of the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus, including University farm in the upper middle. The shoreline of Lake Mend...
Map or Atlas

University of Wisconsin Map of University Grounds : and Other Property Owned by the University

Date: 1913
Description: This photocopy map shows plots with owners' names, land use both commercial and agricultural, and lot outlines on University land. Lake Mendota is labeled ...
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Carolyn Hall, Bruce Mohs, and David Culver

Date: 05 18 1944
Description: Carolyn Hall, Bruce Mohs, and David Culver, with bicycles, at the Youth Hostel on the Samuel Post farm, located on Middleton Road, near Shorewood Hills.
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Roofers and Visiting Ladies on the Roof

Date: 1922
Description: View along roof of four men in hats and work clothes, and two women in summer dresses posing on the side of the roof. One of the men is holding a hammer. I...
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Farm Scene

Date: 1905
Description: A man stands with a horse near a small barn. A buggy and wagon are parked nearby. There are two small sheds or outhouses near a garden plot and a haystack ...

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