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| Date: | 1858 |
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| Description: | View on North Water Street, showing the building in which the Bank of Sparta was founded. A man is walking beside a oxen pulling a covered wagon. |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | View down street towards an intersection. Large lampposts are at each corner. A sign on the building on the left reads: "Sidney." Caption reads: "Oak St. E... |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | View across lawn with trees toward the courthouse. Caption reads: "Court House, Sparta, Wis." |
| Date: | 1895 |
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| Description: | The former Castleman log house and hotel, possibly 45 years after it was built. In the foreground are wooden wagons and wagon parts. Typewritten on the r... |
| Date: | 06 02 1943 |
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| Description: | View from shoreline of bridge and stream. |
| Date: | 06 02 1943 |
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| Description: | Looking west down road towards the bridge. The roadway is damaged in two spots, leaving large gaps. The walls of the bridge are still intact. Traffic barri... |
| Date: | 06 02 1943 |
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| Description: | View from water of bridge collapsed into the river, with the metal supports half submerged and the brick base crumbling. Dwellings can be seen along the hi... |
| Date: | 06 02 1943 |
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| Description: | Looking south down street, with storefronts on either side. The street and bridge are undergoing reconstruction. Military vehicles are in the background. |
| Date: | 06 02 1943 |
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| Description: | Looking Northwest. Workers are standing on the right next to the exposed drainage pipes in the damaged bridge. Sheets and quilts are covering the entranc... |
| Date: | 06 02 1943 |
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| Description: | Looking south. A jeep sits in the middle of the construction zone. The storefronts are covered with quilts and blankets. |
| Date: | 06 02 1943 |
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| Description: | Behind the drugstore, looking downstream. The water under the bridge is full of construction debris. |
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| Description: | Exterior view from road of the Sparta Public Library. Reverse of the cardboard backing reads: "Carnegie bldg., 1903, cost $12,000. Architects, Schick & Rot... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Assembled group of Wisconsin National Guard officers at Camp McCoy. A few tents can be seen in the background at right. |
| Date: | 1937 |
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| Description: | A group portrait of the Motor Transportation and Utilities Department of the Sparta District CCC. Jacob Spreuer, junior dispatcher, is in the second row. |
| Date: | 1863 |
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| Description: | Photographic postcard of a stagecoach pulled by four horses in the road in front of a harness shop. Two men sit in the upper seat. A handful of people stan... |
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| Description: | Elevated view of Fort McCoy with rows of tents among trees. There is a row of automobiles parked in the center, and a row of barracks on the left. Caption ... |
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| Description: | View of troops and caissons on a hillside at Camp McCoy. Caption reads: "Camp McCory, Sparta, Wis." |
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| Description: | Photographic postcard view of a group of surveyors working on a hilltop at Camp McCoy. Caption reads: "O. P. Camp McCoy, Sparta, Wis." |
| Date: | 1929 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "P.L. Wegner Summer Home. S.T.H. 71. Sparta, Wisc." The Paul & Matilda Wegner Grotto aka The Glass Chapel, a concrete structure with a... |
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