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Surface Digging

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Description: Lead mining by digging at the ground surface.
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Pit at Lead Mine

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Description: Pit at Hazel Green lead mine.
Postcard

Cordova Castle in Eagle Cave

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Description: Postcard view of rock structure known as Cordova Castle in Eagle Cave. Caption reads: "'Cordova Castle,' Eagle Cave, Highway 60, Muscoda, Wis."
Postcard

Marquette State Park, The Sand Caves

Date: 1914
Description: Postcard for Marquette Park in Grant County, number 4706 in a series by E.A. Bishop of Racine. The caption on the back of the postcard reads: "The pictures...
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Tree in Hayfield

Date: 1936
Description: Shocks of oats form long rows in a large, rolling field. A single tree is standing in the field. On the reverse of the print is written: "Greenfield near L...
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Mrs. Rebecca Wyatt

Date: 09 1952
Description: A woman, Mrs. Rebecca Wyatt, is walking along a sidewalk. She is the first black school teacher in Cassville. Mrs. Wyatt moved to Wisconsin from Paris, Ten...
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Lower Valley Farms in Castle Rock

Date: 1930
Description: Aerial view of two farms, with fields and barns in a valley. This image appeared in Joseph Schafer's 1932 book The Wisconsin Lead Region, on a photo...
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M.M. Rice Farm

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Description: View towards a farm at the base of a hillside, with smoke coming out of a chimney on a farmhouse, and two outbuildings. A group of eight people are posing ...
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Prairie Near Montfort

Date: 06 30 1955
Description: From caption: "Prairie two miles north of Montfort Wis on the Iowa-Grant County line trunk highway I view to the east from the road. Photo by Robert Hall 1...
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Big Sand Cave

Date: 1937
Description: View of the entrance to Big Sand Cave, which according to the caption is located in Nelson Dewey State Park. This dates the image to before 1937, when the ...
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Men in Castle Rock Cave

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Description: Group portrait of four men sitting inside a cave with a low ceiling. One man is holding a flashlight, and one man is smoking a pipe. A caption identifies t...
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Castle Rock Cave

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Description: View of a large chamber in Castle Rock Cave.
Postcard

Wisconsin River Valley from Nelson Dewey State Park

Date: 1937
Description: Elevated view of the Wisconsin River Valley, looking down across tree-covered bluffs. Caption reads: "Wisconsin River Valley from Nelson Dewey State Park."
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North Main Street Looking South

Date: 03 28 1939
Description: Street view of buildings in the center of a small town. Sidewalks run along both sides of the street. Automobiles are parked diagonally on the right and al...
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East Main Street Looking East

Date: 03 27 1939
Description: Street view of buildings in the center of a small town. A sidewalk runs along the left side of the street, and automobiles are parked on both sides. In the...
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East Main Street Looking West

Date: 03 28 1939
Description: Street view of buildings in the center of a small town. Sidewalks run along both sides of the street and automobiles are parked along the curbs. On the cor...
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Parting for Progress

Date: 1961
Description: Two automobiles driving on a highway cutting between two halves of a rock outcropping. The rock was blasted to build the road.

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