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| Date: | 1915 |
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| Description: | Belle Case La Follette, wife of Robert M. La Follette, Sr., addressing a group of farmers during a tour on the Chautauqua circuit during which she frequent... |
| Date: | 11 06 1960 |
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| Description: | A corner of a cornfield in an early snow. |
| Date: | 06 1925 |
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| Description: | View of three farm buildings - the one in the center is collapsing. |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | View of a main street during the winter. One horse is covered with a horse blanket. Caption reads: "Winter Scene at Blue Mounds Wis." |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | View of a wide path through trees in the spring or summer. |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | Remains of the racetrack on the top of Blue Mound. |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Distant view of the town, with railroad tracks in foreground. The church is the highest point in the image. "General View. Blue Mounds in the Distance. Alt... |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | Aerial view of the town, including the central business district. |
| Date: | 1925 |
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| Description: | A view of Tenpin Alley (rear) active in lead mining days. |
| Date: | 1925 |
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| Description: | A view of the front of Tenpin Alley, active in lead mining days. |
| Date: | 1925 |
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| Description: | This building was said to have been an early residence. |
| Date: | 1925 |
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| Description: | Adams house and store. John Adams sold pork, flour, and other merchandise during mining days. Said to be the birthplace of Aliva Adams, afterwards the Gove... |
| Date: | 08 03 1945 |
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| Description: | A Red Cross instructor with a children's swimming class at the Bluemounds swimming pool. The instructor is George Steiner, assistant principal at Madison W... |
| Date: | 08 03 1945 |
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| Description: | Mt. Horeb children and adults splashing in the Bluemound pool during a Red Cross swimming class. |
| Date: | 08 03 1945 |
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| Description: | Children leaving the truck hired by the Red Cross Chapter of Mt. Horeb to drive them to a swimming class at the Bluemounds pool. |
| Date: | 12 20 1947 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of the new building for radio station WIBA under construction. There are piles of snow and building supplies around an entrance. |
| Date: | 05 26 1948 |
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| Description: | WIBA-FM, 45,000 watts, tower was built at Blue Mounds Park, and radiated power starting about June 10, 1948. WIBA was established in 1925 by The Capital... |
| Date: | 06 25 1948 |
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| Description: | Crater Players on stage rehearsing for the play, "The Drunkard". Left to right are: organizer Professor Ronald E. Mitchell, Olaf Ussing, Josephine Bomgardn... |
| Date: | 06 25 1948 |
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| Description: | Performers Olaf Ussing, leaning on a cane, and Carole Branley rehearsing for the presentation of "The Drunkard", a Crater Players production. They are in f... |
| Date: | 06 25 1948 |
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| Description: | Edwin Morgan, at bench, and James Price, shirtless with cigarette in his mouth, are painting scenery for the Crater Players production of "The Drunkard". |
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