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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: | 1913 |
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| Description: | Group of farm workers, men and women, posing in a field, holding various beverages. One man has his arm over a barrel on a stand in the center. In the back... |
| 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: | 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: | 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: | 1910 |
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| Description: | View from hill looking down at Cross Plains. |
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| Description: | Casual portrait of photographer Matthew Witt seated at the foot of a ridge. It's likely that the image is a self-portrait produced by Witt himself. |
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| Description: | A large hog in a farmyard being admired by five men standing behind him. |
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| Description: | A man poses on a bluff overlooking a farm in the valley below. |
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| Description: | A farmer in overalls and hat stands in a pasture next to a Holstein cow. He holds a bucket and is gripping one of the cow's horns. More cows are grouped in... |
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| Description: | A woman reclines on her side in the grass in front of a shrub. She is resting her head on her hand and is wearing a skirt and a blouse. In the background i... |
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| Description: | A man wearing overalls and a hat holds the bridles of two large horses facing him in a farmyard. Farm buildings and wooded hills are in the background. |
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| Description: | Winter scene with a man lying on a small sled with a big smile on his face. He is wearing dark clothes and a cap. A snow-covered hill, a barn and fences ar... |
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| Description: | Two girls and a dog sit in a field where oats have been cut and shocked. The girl on the left is sitting inside one of the oat shocks and smiling at the ca... |
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| Description: | A boy stands in his yard with his dog by his side. He is wearing overalls and is barefoot. In the background (left to right) are farm buildings, semi-woode... |
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| Description: | A young man and woman wearing work clothes are standing in a garden, holding very large root vegetables. The woman is wearing a bonnet and the man is weari... |
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| Description: | View of the exterior of the first home of Matthew Witt, photographer. An automobile is parked in the yard. |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | A man stands next to a headstone in a cemetery. He is wearing a suit and hat. The name on the headstone is "LOKKE." |
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| Description: | Outdoor portrait of a young man standing in front of a field of corn. His hands are resting behind him on his lower back. He is wearing a cap, shirt and kn... |
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