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| Date: | 08 1971 |
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| Description: | Color postcard elevated view towards the altar of the Gethsemane Evangelical Lutheran Church. A Christmas tree is on the right. |
| Date: | 07 19 1912 |
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| Description: | Photographic postcard of the cemetery, with scattered tombstones among the trees. Caption reads: "Cemetey[sic] Alma, Wis." |
| Date: | 08 19 1908 |
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| Description: | Photographic postcard of the crowd gathered to see the laying of the corner stone for the new Episcopal Church. Men and women, many of them wearing hats, a... |
| Date: | 1909 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of a church with cemetery and farmhouses and rolling hills in the distance. Caption reads: "Ashippun, Wis." |
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| Description: | View of the exterior of the "Indian Bowl," a venue for powwows. A Native American woman is standing in front next to the totems. |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of a Labor Day parade with more than thirty identical automobiles in a long line. Crowds are watching from the sidewalk. Caption reads: "Mill... |
| Date: | 1973 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of St. Martin's Lutheran Church. Dedicated 1886; used continuously until 1973. |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Souvenir Folder. Includes ten postcard views. An aerial view of Darlington; Soldier's Monument; LaFayette County Fairgrounds; Main Street Bridge; Masonic T... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | A group of women and girls, some wearing hats or carrying a parasol, walking along an unpaved street. There is a large canvas tent in the background, with... |
| Date: | 1915 |
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| Description: | Photographic postcard view of the old grist mill, with a cemetery in the foreground. Caption reads: "The Old Mill, Cedarburg." |
| Date: | 1908 |
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| Description: | Hand-colored scene of a campsite in the woods with several tents. Men are sitting in chairs in the tent on the left. Caption reads: "Chautauqua Grounds, Ch... |
| Date: | 1907 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of Main Street on the Fourth of July. Many flags are hanging from buildings. Pedestrians and horse-drawn vehicles are on the sidewalks and in... |
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| Description: | View of the livery stable, with a row of five buggies parked on the roof after Halloween. Seven boys are standing among the buggies on the roof, and anothe... |
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| Description: | The Evangelical Lutheran Church with a cemetery in the churchyard. Caption reads: "Ev. Luth. Church at Hope, Dane Co., Wis." Also known as Hope Lutheran C... |
| Date: | 07 04 1908 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of horses pulling floats in the Fourth of July parade down Main Street. Crowds are watching from the sidewalks. Caption reads: "July 4th 08, ... |
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| Description: | Front of postcard envelope, with a scene of children on top of Big Rock Monterey on the Rock River. Inside the envelope is an accordion-folded set of vario... |
| Date: | 1918 |
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| Description: | Interior view of the H.H. Bennett Studio — Souvenir Department. Framed photographs are hung along the walls, and banners are hanging from the rafters. A po... |
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| Description: | View of the Washburn Monument obelisk surrounded by a fence in Oak Grove Cemetery. Caption at the top reads: "La Crosse, Wis." Caption at the bottom reads:... |
| Date: | 1909 |
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| Description: | Hand-colored view of the lagoon and stone bridge in the Catholic Cemetery. Caption reads: "Lagoon and Rustic Bridge, Catholic Cemetery, La Crosse, Wis." |
| Date: | 1907 |
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| Description: | Group portrait of the Lake Mills High School graduating class. Caption reads: "LMHS07." |
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