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Methodist Episcopal Church in Cambridge

Date: 1940
Description: Methodist Episcopal Church, founded in 1851. It claims to be "the oldest Scandinavian Methodist Episcopal church in the world."
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Methodist Episcopal Church in Cambridge

Date: 1905
Description: View of Methodist Episcopal church from the street. Caption reads: "Norw. M.E. Church Cambridge Wis."
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South Street and Water Tower

Date: 1900
Description: A view down unpaved South Street looking east. There is a water tower in the background. Caption reads: "Residence St."
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G. Thompson Family and Domestic Machines

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Description: The G. Thompson family poses in front of their wooden house. One woman sits at a sewing machine working on a quilt while another works at a knitting machin...
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Resident Street

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Description: Photographic postcard of Resident Street. The street is unpaved and a sidewalk can be seen on the left side. Homes are visible through the trees. Caption r...
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Presbyterian Church

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Description: Photographic postcard view of a Presbyterian Church in Cambridge. Caption reads: "Presbyterian Church, Cambridge, Wis."
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Oldest Scandinavian Methodist Church in the World

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Description: Photographic postcard of the oldest Scandinavian Methodist Church in the world. Four large pine trees are growing in the foreground and a tree-shaded side ...
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Swanson Cottages, Lake Ripley

Date: 1926
Description: A cottage with a "Hill-Side" sign. An outhouse is to the right of the cottage. There is a path up the hill on the left.
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Chapel at Willlerup Camp, Lake Ripley

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Description: A hexagon-shaped chapel along the dirt road.
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Village Inn

Date: 1928
Description: View across road of the Village Inn; featuring a "Hotel" sign, vines along the screened porch windows, and a fenced garden.
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Ingleside Resort

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Description: Photographic postcard of the Ingleside Resort on Lake Ripley. There is a porch on the cabin, and several hammocks are strung on trees on the lawn. Caption ...
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Oldest Scandinavian Methodist Church in the World

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Description: Photographic postcard of the oldest Scandinavian Methodist Church in the world. Two large trees frame the front entrance, with shrubs and trees are around ...
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Dog Obedience Trials

Date: 09 12 1959
Description: Six participants in the all-breed obedience trails sponsored by the Lakeland Dog Training Club in Cambridge posing with their dogs. Left to right are Janic...
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Strawberry Time

Date: 1913
Description: A group of finely dressed men and women posing in a strawberry field. There are buildings in the background. The people are identified in a handwritten ca...
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Cemetery at Lake Ripley

Date: 09 09 2014
Description: Large and small stone grave markers standing on a grassy lawn. Trees block the view of the lake below the cemetery.
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First Year of School for a Cambridge Farm Girl

Date: 08 16 1957
Description: Barbara Notstad, daughter of the Orlow Notstad farm family, is standing in front of the Rockdale School where she will be a first-grader the day after Labo...
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Posing at Parasol Lamppost

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Description: Caption reads: "Cambridge, Wis. Girls posing on seat built around lampost [sic] that has sun umbrella over it."

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