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State Highway 81

Date: 11 1980
Description: View down road of intersection along State Hwy 81. The Frudden Lumber Company Paint Supply Store is on the left.
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Backyards

Date: 12 1980
Description: Elevated view of backyards in a neighborhood looking over trees, a shed, and a fences. In the background are houses and a smokestack.
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Interrupted Road Construction

Date: 01 1981
Description: Empty snowy plains soon to be turned into Rt. 81. Hills and a few poles are in the far distance.
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Moonrise over Southern Wisconsin

Date: 01 1981
Description: A ranch style farmhouse sits in the far distance beyond an empty field at night, with a full moon in a cloudless sky directly above.
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Industrial Building

Date: 10 1980
Description: View over roads and railroad tracks of industrial silos for the Brunsell Co. Trucks are parked nearby, and warehouses are on the right.
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Backyard with Swingset

Date: 09 1980
Description: Backyard of a house with a swing set and slide shaded by trees.
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Garden and Screened Porch

Date: 09 1980
Description: Small house with screened-in porch. In the foreground is a fenced-in garden surrounding a telephone pole.
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State Highway 140

Date: 05 1980
Description: A short black and white pole marks where a road converges with a state highway that stretches to the horizon. In the mid-distance before a hill is a railro...
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Plowed Fields

Date: 05 1980
Description: View over plowed field, with a telephone pole in the middle distance. Farm buildings are on the hill in the background.
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On the Stateline

Date: 04 1980
Description: View across stateline road towards a wooden fence lining the road on the opposite side. A few trees and buildings can be seen over the fence.
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Fairbanks Morse & Beloit Power Systems Plants

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Description: View across road, perhaps Pleasant Street, of industrial buildings. In the foreground is a drinking fountain and picnic table. Two cars are parked nearby.
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Ace Hardware, Watertower, Dairy Queen

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Description: Parking lot behind Ace Hardware. A few cars are parked, and behind them is a Dairy Queen on the right. In the center on a low hill is the support structure...
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Building near Railroad Tracks

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Description: View over overgrown railroad tracks toward a small building's wall which is composed of a variety of stone, brick, and wood.
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Drive-In Theater

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Description: Entrance to outdoor drive-in theater. The billboard reads: "Mid City Outdoor." There is a white picket fence blocking the driveway. In the background are l...
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Pigeon House

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Description: View of a tall wood structure with rows of holes, perhaps a pigeon house. A cyclone fence is in front of it, and behind are industrial buildings. In the fa...
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Ioca Gas Station

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Description: View from street of an old brick Ioco gas station with a few cars parked on the left.
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Farm Buildings

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Description: View across lawn of a Quonset hut-style building and metal grain bin. A barn and other farm buildings including a silo are on the right. To the left is a f...
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Mobile Home in Field

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Description: A mobile home sits alone at the edge of an empty field adjacent to a septic tank and telephone pole.
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Orfordville

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Description: View across road of two cars parked near the Orfordville Crop Service. The front wall is adorned with signs for Northrup King Seeds and Borden Smith Dougla...
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Storage Tanks

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Description: Five large cylindrical tanks. Trees and an industrial metal building are in the background.

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