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Main Street Looking South

Date: 1909
Description: Text on front reads: "Main Street Looking South, Lone Rock, Wis." Unpaved street with sidewalks, dwellings and buildings on both sides. Horse drawn vehicle...
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Swimming Pool

Date: 1930
Description: The municipal sand-bottomed swimming pool was a popular spot to cool off in the summer months.
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General Store

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Description: Four men, a dog and a boy sitting on the porch of the general store. Signs in the windows read, "Ferry & Co. Seeds" and "Rape seed for sale." A barn and wi...
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Union Church

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Description: Exterior view of church. The building features a belfry, steeple, and double doors. There is a cemetery in a fence adjacent to the church.
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Rich Valley Looking Down Mill Creek Valley

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Description: Rich Valley looking down at Mill Creek Valley. There are several farmhouses among the fields.
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Bear Valley Street Scene

Date: 1922
Description: View down an unpaved road with houses and shops on either side.
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Looking South on Main Street, Bear Valley

Date: 1922
Description: View from roadside of Main Street. There are three men wearing coveralls standing near the open door of a building. Four cars are parked along the street
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Public School

Date: 1922
Description: Exterior of a schoolhouse with a bell tower and flag pole. In the background is a farm, and fields and hills. A sign on the side of the tower says "1903".
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Bird's-Eye View

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Description: View down hill of town in a valley. There is open land, homes, barns and a bee farm.
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Scene near Bloom City

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Description: Elevated view of farmland. In the bottom-left center, there is a structure with a bell tower near a dirt road. In the center there is a similar building. T...
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City Hotel

Date: 1909
Description: View down road towards a man and woman riding in a carriage pulled by a team of horses past the City Hotel.
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Street Scene

Date: 1916
Description: View down middle of dirt road. There are dwellings on either side behind rows of trees. A hill is in the far background.
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Street Scene

Date: 1916
Description: View down a long dirt road toward an intersection with two shops. On the left is a car parked outside the shop. Three men pose together at the corner. Ther...
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Scenic View

Date: 1921
Description: View from hill of a church [?], shed, and cemetery in a valley. A dirt road is on the left.
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Methodist Evangelical Church

Date: 1909
Description: Exterior of church on hill with arched French doors and a steeple.
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Looking South from Bloom City

Date: 1909
Description: A group of five men, one holding a child, pose outside a store. A carriage is parked at the curb.
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Street Scene Looking West

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Description: View down a dirt road. The City Hotel is on the left. Farther down the road on a sidewalk a man talks on a platform while a group of men listen.
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Street Scene Looking North

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Description: View down street with homes and shops on either side. In the street is a man on a horse, a dog, and two horses and carriages. On the left by Doctor Ruby's ...
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Business District

Date: 1909
Description: A street scene at the post office. The post office houses J.E. James Childs Cabinets. One man stands at the doorpost and three men sit on makeshift seats o...
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Business Corner

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Description: View down dirt road of an intersection with a man on a horse standing in the middle. On the left there is Bradley & Metcalf C.(?) Bradley shoe store. Men s...

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