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Barn raising on Alva Paddock farm, Kenosha County, Wisconsin, 1891.
Photographer Louis Milton Thiers captured a local barn raising in action as a group of men lift a frame into place.
via: Kenosha History Center by way of University of Wisconsin Digital Collections
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Barn raising on Alva Paddock farm, Kenosha County, Wisconsin, 1891.

Photographer Louis Milton Thiers captured a local barn raising in action as a group of men lift a frame into place.

via: Kenosha History Center by way of University of Wisconsin Digital Collections


Source: digital.library.wisc.edu

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    probably from Paddock Lake area! :D where I was from ish.
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    Imagine doing farm work in those dresses. Yeesh.
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