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Taking a Break

Date: 1937
Description: Men and one woman gathered around machinery in a cutover area of northern Wisconsin preparing to undertake an unknown task.
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Julian Corbisier Farm

Date: 1901
Description: Three women, identified as Louisa, Esther, and Engeline, standing in a field (possibly soybean) on the Julian Corbisier farm. Men in the background are thr...
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Cutting Firewood

Date: 1955
Description: Elna Krueger stands with another woman and a man while cutting firewood using a belt-driven saw by a tractor in a field in the background on the left. The...
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Parade Celebrating 100th Anniversary of St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church

Date: 08 01 1953
Description: Pictured on the float in a parade celebrating the 100th anniversary of St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church in Cross Plains is a group of men and women garbe...
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Combine Thresher and Tractor

Date: 07 22 1929
Description: A group portrait of men, women and children standing in a field, with a Nichols & Shepard combine thresher and Hart Parr tractor behind them. In the backgr...
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Two People Posing on a Farmall Tractor

Date: 1955
Description: A couple posing on a Farmall Tractor in the middle of a plowed field. The woman sits in the driver's seat, while the man stands on the axle next to her. Th...
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Tractors on Library Mall

Date: 1920
Description: A young woman, most likely Esther Van Wagoner (Tufty), sitting on a Clark TrucTractor on the Library Mall of the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. Th...
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Farm Scene

Date: 07 1993
Description: "Farm scene east of Theresa."
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Small Farm Family

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Description: Group portrait of farm family. A man sits on a tractor on the left, and in front of the tractor on the right is a woman holding a baby. In the background i...
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People Posing Around Farm Machinery

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Description: People posing in field, with a barn in the background among trees. In the center a man, three women and a boy are standing in front of a wire fence. Behind...
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Double Exposure: Farming Scene/House

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Description: A farming scene with two men standing on a tractor that is belt-driving a threshing machine in the background, and a woman and two children sitting on a ho...
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Schoelkopf Mazomanie Branch

Date: 1920
Description: View from street of a group of three woman and one man standing in the doorway of the dealership in Mazomanie, where, in late 1919 or early 1920, Louis Sch...
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First Alice in Dairyland

Date: 06 07 1948
Description: Wisconsin's first Alice in Dairyland, Margaret McGuire, riding on a float in a parade in her hometown.
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Scherr Tractor

Date: 2004
Description: The Scherr family pose with this old farm tractor, which is still in use.
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Photographer at Parade

Date: 1964
Description: "Mayville photographer, Edgar G. Mueller, covers a parade in Theresa."
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Square Dancers

Date: 09 1993
Description: Square dancers in farmyard at Calumetville. Barn and tractors can be seen in the background.
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Justman Barn — Exterior

Date: 2004
Description: The Justmans purchased the farm in 1976. They last milked cows in January 1998. They farm previously was in the possession of Ron's parents, Marvin and Van...
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Citizen Protest in De Forest

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Description: Caption reads: "DeForest, Wis. Protest raised by citizens when dealer put implements in a city park. Picketing."
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Budahn Barn — Exterior

Date: 2004
Description: William and Jeri-Lynn Budahn, at W1541 Racoon Rd., have lived here since 1990.
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Parade Truck

Date: 1929
Description: International motor truck, possibly decorated for a parade. A woman rides on a McCormick-Deering tractor placed on the truck's bed. The sign on the truck r...

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