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Sewage Lift Station

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Description: Small structure identified as a sewage lift station at the rear of a Schofield store.
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Frank R. Dengel & Co. Letterhead

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Description: Letterhead of the Frank R. Dengel & Company of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, dealer in lighting fixtures and sanitary plumbing. On the left is an illustration of a...
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W.E. Goodman Letterhead

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Description: Letterhead of W.E. Goodman of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, dealer in gas and electric lighting fixtures and sanitary plumbing, with a wall-mounted lighting fixtur...
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Water Hydrant, Phelan's Quarters

Date: 1966
Description: A water hydrant stands next to a drainage ditch, while clothing hangs on a clothes like above. In the background, children walk away from the camera betwee...
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Outhouse, Phelan's Quarters

Date: 1966
Description: Two of the 13 toilets available in the neighborhood, housed in a small building. Vines grow up the side of the structure and debris is scattered in the sur...
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Children near Ditch, Phelan's Quarters

Date: 1966
Description: Two children look towards the photographer by a drainage ditch with buildings on all sides. Laundry hangs from clotheslines above.

“Row upon row of dilap...

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Street Scene, Phelan's Quarters

Date: 1966
Description: A child walks across ditch on a plank walkway. On the street, children play with balloons while three men recline on the hood of a car.

“Row upon row of ...

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Girl at Water Hydrant, Phelan's Quarters

Date: 1966
Description: A girl fills a bucket at a water hydrant near a drainage ditch. Buildings are on either side, and laundry hangs from clotheslines above.

“Row upon row o...

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Toilet, South Wall Street

Date: 1966
Description: "This flush toilet is one of two shared by the 51 people who live in this slum. The other is an outdoor non-flush toilet shared by 14 people, 4 families. ...
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City Map & Street Guide Fort Atkinson, Wisconsin

Date: 1976
Description: Includes index of streets and of local businesses. Shows location of Citizens State Bank, roads, highways, railroads, parks, cemeteries, and city sanitary ...

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