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Amund and Siri Rustebakke and Women with Spinning Wheels

Date: 1873
Description: Amund Rustebakke, standing in doorway, and Siri Rustebakke, center, sitting, in front of a house with her daughters and daughter-in-law and four spinning w...
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Amund Rustebakke Farm

Date: 1873
Description: View across field towards the Amund Rustebakke farm. Twelve haystacks dominate the left and center of the image, and two people are standing on top of the ...
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Farms of Burton, Fitlen, and Rustebakke

Date: 1873
Description: View of several farms, including Burton's, Fitlen's and Rustebakke's. Field arrangements and fencing patterns are evident. A man is walking along the bott...
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Reverend Fjeld and Family near House

Date: 1877
Description: The family of the Reverend John N. Fjeld (1818-1888) sits at a table in front of their wood frame house near the Vermont Lutheran Church. His wife Gunhild,...
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The Dane County News Office

Date: 1925
Description: View from street of three people posing in front of the printing office and shop.
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Patrons' Mercantile Company

Date: 1925
Description: View from street of the Patrons' Mercantile Company consumer cooperative. A group of men stand outside the building. A row of horses and carriages are park...
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Patrons' Mercantile Company

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Description: View across street of the Patrons' Mercantile Company. The awnings advertise "general merchandise" and "harness and hardware." There are three horses and c...
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Black Earth State Bank

Date: 1925
Description: View across street of a group of men standing on the sidewalk in front of the bank. A streetlamp hangs from a utility line.
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Old Mill

Date: 1925
Description: View along shoreline of a mill on a river. There is a man loading bags onto a cart at the front. There is a wooded hill on the right.
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Old Mill

Date: 1909
Description: View of the side of a mill. The mill has a large awning over a loading dock. A man with a beard and a hat stands near the side of the mill.
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Depot and Train

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Description: View from a distance of the train depot. On the left a locomotive is parked along the train platform where a group of people are standing. In the center is...
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Depot — Black Earth

Date: 1922
Description: View of the train depot. A train is stopped at the depot. An automobile is parked on the left. A train conductor and a man stand at the outside.
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Looking North on Main Street

Date: 1909
Description: View down the dirt road of Main Street. On the left, two men are walking on the sidewalk near a store with a hand-painted "closing out sale" sign. On the r...
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Valley House

Date: 1909
Description: Two men stand on the sidewalk in front of a boardinghouse [?]. A man and a dog sit on the porch of the Valley House.
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Black Earth High School Basketball Team

Date: 03 03 1954
Description: Team group portrait of the Black Earth High School basketball team, winners of the Tri-County League championship. Names, #7 Roger Karn, #4 Tom Wilkins, #1...
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Horse-Drawn Hearse

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Description: Black Earth hearse drawn by horses. Chris Schanel, the Black Earth undertaker, is driving.
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Horse-Drawn Hearse

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Description: Black Earth hearse drawn by horses. Chris Schanel, the Black Earth undertaker, is driving. In the background on the right a small pig is running near a fen...
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Hearse and Undertaker

Date: 1922
Description: Chris Schanel, undertaker, stands next to the back of his hearse. A home and trees are in the background.
Postcard

Main Street

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Description: Photographic postcard view down sidewalk in a central business district. In the foreground on the left horses and wagons are hitched up at the curb. A smal...
Postcard

Wreck of No. 33 on May 28, 1913

Date: 1913
Description: Photographic postcard view of the aftermath of a train wreck. Survivors and onlookers are gathered on and around the railroad tracks. Caption reads: "Wreck...

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