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Filter: COLLECTION_NAME of Sherwin H. Gillett papers and photographs, 1880s-1964 (bulk 1910-1961)
| Date: | 1909 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of the public school. A large brick building with a bell tower on the roof, arched entrances, and a wooden fence along the side. |
| Date: | 1924 |
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| Description: | View of an empty baseball park with a bluff in the background. |
| Date: | 1924 |
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| Description: | Long view of bluffs with a fence and a farm in the foreground. |
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| Description: | The bow of sidewheel excursion, "Saint Paul," at shore. Passengers are on all three decks. Sign on bow reads: "St. Louis, Dubuque, St. Paul." Later named t... |
| Date: | 1921 |
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| Description: | Several businesses in Blue River's downtown, including a drug store and a lumberyard. |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | Counters and display cases show goods for sale in the General Store. |
| Date: | 1911 |
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| Description: | Men, possibly postal workers, standing on the front steps of the local post office with crates and barrels in the foreground. |
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| Description: | View across railroad tracks of passengers standing on the platform as a locomotive pulls into the depot. |
| Date: | 12 06 1910 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of stock day at the railroad yards, showing pens of sheep and other livestock ready for loading into railroad cars. All of the cars are deco... |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | The municipal sand-bottomed swimming pool was a popular spot to cool off in the summer months. |
| Date: | 08 1927 |
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| Description: | A young boy sits on the dock in front of Olson's store in Crescent Park on Lake Waubesa. Small row boats are arrayed for rental. |
| Date: | 1924 |
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| Description: | Railroad tracks cross the road at the central business district at Dane, Wisconsin. |
| Date: | 1931 |
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| Description: | Women, men and children in summer clothes stand between cabins at the Gallop Inn on Tainter Lake. |
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| Description: | View down center of railroad bridge over the Wisconsin River near Lone Rock. |
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| Description: | Spring or summer view of a large, white school house, and a few trees in front of it. Caption reads: "School, Blue Mounds, Wis." |
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