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Scene near Blue River

Date: 1913
Description: A man drives a team of horses pulling a wagon across a bridge. The man is standing atop the barreled goods, holding the reins. There is dung on the road.
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Stock Day

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Description: Elevated view of horses and wagons being prepared on Stock Day. There is a steep hill with trees behind farm buildings.
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Stock Day

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Description: Elevated view of horses and wagons on the road at Stock Day. There is a cattle pen in the foreground.
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Street Scene

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Description: View down the unpaved Military Road. Two boys stand in the street on the left near the State Bank of Dane building. Near the railroad crossing, there is a ...
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Train Depot — Looking North

Date: 1912
Description: Elevated view of the De Soto depot. A locomotive, blowing steam, is approaching the platform, where a small group of people waits to board. A boxcar on the...
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Condensed Milk Factory

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Description: Exterior of a two-story condensed milk factory. Two men are driving horse-drawn wagons on the road on the left. Other men are under a roof covered loading ...
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Street Scene

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Description: View down street with three or four commercial buildings. On the right is a sign for a telephone pay station on a two-story clapboard building, and behind ...
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A Busy Day, Retreat

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Description: View down dirt road of horses and delivery wagons parked near wooden buildings on the left. A group of people are assembled, some on the porch of a large b...
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Retreat Creamery

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Description: View across dirt road of a group of men posing with horses and wagons. One man stand on the loading dock. There is a tall smokestack on a section of the bu...
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Depot and Train

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Description: View down platform toward the Waunakee depot and an arriving train. Freight cars are on the tracks on the left. A group of men are standing on the platform...
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Car Wrecked by Powder Explosion

Date: 03 09 1911
Description: Man standing in front of a Chicago and Northwestern railroad boxcar sitting on railroad tracks. The sides of the car are splintered, destroyed by an explos...

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