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| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Exterior of ice cream parlor with a horse-drawn wagon parked on the right with sheds behind. Barrels are stacked on the porch. Signs above the porch read: ... |
| Date: | 05 10 1928 |
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| Description: | The Lutheran Church and buildings, seen from Lutheran Church Hill. |
| Date: | 1860 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of multiple buildings in Cross Plains from Lutheran Church Hill. Many roads and fences cross the fields. Wooded hills are in the background. ... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Main Street view in the winter with snow on the ground. |
| Date: | 1928 |
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| Description: | View from hill of uptown Cross Plains with the Catholic Church (St. Francis Xavier) and farmhouses. |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | View from street of front entry way into Zander's store. |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of the Roller Mill with a covered loading dock. A sign on the end of the building at the roof line reads: "Roller Mill." Trees and power pole... |
| Date: | 1915 |
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| Description: | Millpond with several buildings and horses in the middle ground, and more buildings in the background. Trees are visible throughout. Text at lower left rea... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | View of the exterior of a Roman Catholic school built of stone with many windows. Sidewalks run along two sides. Trees can be seen behind and on the right.... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | View from hill looking down at Cross Plains. |
| Date: | 1915 |
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| Description: | View of several Cross Plains buildings across a millpond. There is a bell mounted on a metal tower near the shoreline. Caption reads: "Looking North From M... |
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| Description: | A man wearing a suit and hat is walking down the sidewalk. It is probably Frank Lloyd Wright. Several other men can be seen in the background. |
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| Description: | A woman wearing a striped patriotic costume poses outdoors with an American Flag. Her hat is topped with a metallic star, her ankles and shoes are wrapped ... |
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| Description: | A smiling woman walks down the sidewalk in a small town. She is carrying a a box-shaped purse in her right hand, and is wearing a skirt and blouse. A house... |
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| Description: | A woman dancer in costume strikes a pose in profile in a yard in front of a porch. Her costume consists of harem trousers, a sash around her waist, a camis... |
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| Description: | Matthew Witt's photo studio on Main Street. His business was there for 50 years, from 1913 to 1963. Two men are sitting on the stoop in the doorway. The bu... |
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| Description: | Two women pose in front of a sign advertising lots for sale. They are both dressed fashionably and their arms are stretched out with their fingers touching... |
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| Description: | Black Earth hearse drawn by horses. Chris Schanel, the Black Earth undertaker, is driving. |
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| Description: | Black Earth hearse drawn by horses. Chris Schanel, the Black Earth undertaker, is driving. In the background on the right a small pig is running near a fen... |
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