FARMS

An old black and white photograph of a large farm house surrounded by trees, smaller buildings, and open fields, with a decorative border around the photo.
Black and white photo of the Brandtjen Stock Farm dairy barn with two large silos, fully renovated into a community center.
A black and white photo of Ritter Farm Park, featuring a large open field in the foreground with a castle-like building and trees in the background. The photo is framed with ornate floral borders.
A historical black-and-white photo showing a large house on a lakeshore with trees and a porch. Children and adults are playing in the grassy yard and near the lake, with some in the water and some on land, all dressed in early 20th-century clothing.
Black and white photo of Henry Hammer and his six-horse team in an area parade with a house in the background. A man is sitting on a horse on top of the team. The photo has a decorative floral border.
A sepia-toned aerial photograph of Jim and Ruth Jensen farm east of Lakeville, showing fields, farm buildings, trees, and a road on the right side, with decorative border.
Filling silos at the Lyman Mallery farm with workers, horses, and farm equipment in a rural setting, including a brick building, a fence, and a barn in rural Eureka Township.
A black-and-white photograph of the Robert and Laura Pool Homestead in 1913, featuring two houses on a plot with leafless trees and a partly snow-covered ground, framed by decorative borders.
Black and white historical photograph of the Ruh family farmstead at 26051 Highview Avenue, with a large farmhouse, multiple smaller buildings, and winding dirt roads, accompanied by a circular inset showing a horse-drawn carriage in front of the house.
A black-and-white aerial photograph of the Joe Tabaka farm from the 1950s, featuring a central barn, surrounding trees, and fields, with a caption describing the farm's location and history.
A black and white photograph showing three children and a woman outside a wooden farmhouse with a gas-powered washing machine. The children are standing in front of the house, with one girl leaning against the house and two young boys nearby. The girl appears to be the family's hired girl, and the boy in front is holding something in his hands. The washing machine is on a barrel and has a large wheel for operation. The scene is from about 1910, three miles south of Lakeville along Dodd Blvd.
Vintage photo of women and children apple canning outdoors, with a small barn and trees in the background, around 1916 at Ruh farm in Eureka Township. One woman is on the far right with a girl named Laura on the far left.
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