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| Date: | 1926 |
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| Description: | Caption reads: "Chapel at Willerup Camp — Lake Ripley — Cambrdige. Wis." The camp was named for the Danish immigrant minister, Christian B. Willerup, who e... |
| Date: | 1925 |
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| Description: | The tourist park in Black Earth. Typically such facilities were free for motorists. |
| Date: | 10 24 1930 |
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| Description: | Celebrating the first "Cheese Day" with a parade. A group of spectators gather on the sidewalk near a truck displaying a banner and stove in the back. |
| Date: | 1921 |
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| Description: | View down road of a row of houses. Young trees are planted along the lot line and supported by wooden posts. |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | View across road of a brewery in a residential area. Children are standing on the sidewalk, and on the lawn near a hammock and a lawn swing. A tall industr... |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | A woman stands with two white dogs among the trees at Effinger Park. The park features benches, a pump, a lawn swing, a gazebo and three cabins. |
| Date: | 1931 |
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| Description: | View from across street of schoolchildren standing and playing on the sidewalk outside the Benton High School. |
| Date: | 1922 |
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| Description: | View of the high school. The building features an arched doorway, a hip roof with three dormers on the front and one on the side, a domed steeple with an A... |
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| Description: | A man and his two dogs pose on the snowy lawn outside his house. There are two trees in the front yard. One tree has a swing hanging from it. |
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| Description: | A pathway through a park. There is a playground on the right, and a boy is nearby on what appears to be a shoreline. A pavilion is beyond trees on the left... |
| Date: | 1929 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of the public school. The school building features two stories, a bell tower, and a porch. A car is parked by the entrance. There is a swing ... |
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| Description: | View towards the Advent Church and a home next door. Two children are leaning on the home's fence. |
| Date: | 1924 |
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| Description: | A swing set at a public park. There is a windmill in the background. |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | View from shoreline of a water slide at Mirror Lake State Park. A woman rides down the slide into the lake, and a few people stand on the platform behind h... |
| Date: | 1926 |
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| Description: | Lake Wisconsin at Summerville Park. Boathouses, docks and fishing boats are along the shoreline. |
| Date: | 1909 |
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| Description: | View across fairground racetrack, with judging stands and large barn in the background. |
| Date: | 1929 |
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| Description: | View across road of cottage with a screened porch in a wooded area. Picnic tables are on the left. A bench is in front of the cottage. A row of planters in... |
| Date: | 1922 |
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| Description: | View down middle of street, showing the central business district. A drug store, restaurant and hotel are on the left. A garage, bank, bathhouse, bowling a... |
| Date: | 1922 |
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| Description: | View across road of the Berg & Jones Department Store, with posters in the front windows announcing an upcoming Ringling Brothers Barnum and Bailey Circus ... |
| Date: | 1925 |
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| Description: | View across lawn of exterior of the Catholic Church, a stone and brick building with stained glass windows. A man is walking down the tree-lined sidewalk o... |
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