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Telephone Company Truck

Date: 05 20 1960
Description: Black Earth telephone company maintenance truck in front of the local office.
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Farm Road between Fields

Date: 12 01 1962
Description: A farm road between fields in late sunlight, looking towards Mounds Creek in the vicinity of CTH F.
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Early Morning at Railroad Crossing

Date: 10 03 1960
Description: Early morning at a railroad crossing on County Highway A, with houses and a barn in the distance.
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Shopping Center at Sunset

Date: 07 03 1961
Description: The parking lot of a Piggly Wiggly grocery store (3557 E. Washington) looking northeast toward the corner of East Washington Avenue and Highway 51. Other...
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Silage Processing Equipment Truck

Date: 07 24 1960
Description: A mobile silage processing equipment truck owned by the Black Earth Farm Service company.
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Wagon In Field

Date: 09 18 1967
Description: A farm wagon in a cornfield surrounded by early morning fog.
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Westgate Parking Lot

Date: 07 30 1960
Description: Elevated view of the parking lot at the Westgate Shopping Center. The storefronts are on the left, and include Ragatz Shoes, Three Sisters, ?obil Shoes, S....
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House on Country Road

Date: 1964
Description: A view to the horizon looking down Mineral Point Road, with a country house on the right under trees, during early evening hours.
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Rural Roadside

Date: 07 31 1960
Description: View of a tree and mailbox, with a farmhouse behind below road level along a rural highway. There is a hill in the background with trees.
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Looking Down State Street

Date: 07 1962
Description: View from the Wisconsin State Capitol looking west down State Street. A man and woman walk up the stairs leading to the capitol building.
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Scrapped Automobiles in Mud

Date: 03 24 1962
Description: Chief's automobile parts "graveyard" near the intersection of the West Beltline and Highway 51.
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Winding Country Road

Date: 1971
Description: View down a winding, hilly country road. A full moon is in the background, just above the horizon line.
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Dairy Farm Buildings

Date: 10 1966
Description: A pickup is parked outside two agricultural buildings on a dairy farm. A white fence encloses the two buildings.
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Broken Car Window

Date: 03 24 1962
Description: View of a wrecked car with a broken car door window in Chief's automobile junkyard.
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Lake Mendota in Winter

Date: 12 20 1961
Description: Elevated view from hill over boathouse of frozen Lake Mendota during the wintertime. Taken from the Wisconsin Center building.
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Dairy Queen Refreshment Stand

Date: 05 29 1960
Description: View from across street of Dairy Queen refreshment stand at nighttime. Two cars are visible outside the building.
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Country Landscape

Date: 05 28 1961
Description: Landscape view of a rolling countryside. A farm is visible in the distance.
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Hilltop Cheese Factory

Date: 05 30 1964
Description: Landscape view from field of a rolling countryside. A small cheese factory resides on a slope, with a tree, a windmill, two cars and a tractor near an outb...
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Valley Farmland

Date: 06 1967
Description: Elevated view over plowed field and dirt road toward a farm with a farmhouse, barn, silo and other outbuildings residing in a sloping valley.
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Oat Field

Date: 07 1967
Description: A country road and electrical lines run through a field of oats. On the left is a road, and a farmhouse is in the background on a hill.

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