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K. Doxstad Family and Reverend Erik Jensen

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Description: In the foreground, Erik Jensen, a minister with his hat in hand, shakes K. Doxstad's hand. Nearby a toddler pulls his own baby carriage. Two carriages, a b...
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K. Doxstad Family and Reverend Erik Jensen

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Description: The K. Doxstad family is posed in their yard around a table covered with heavy books. A baby carriage is on the left and an older woman with her knitting i...
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Reverend Erik Jensen and Wife with Children

Date: 1875
Description: Twenty-one children are seated on wooden benches and the ground in front of a square frame house with a hip roof and cupola. The Reverend Erik Jensen (1841...
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Milwaukee Street in Clinton

Date: 1920
Description: View down center of Milwaukee Street. Houses are on both sides.
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Natesta Cabin Site

Date: 07 15 1925
Description: Natesta cabin site in Clinton. View down road, with a fence on the right, and fields on both sides.
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Woman in front of Factory

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Description: Woman worker with her back turned to the camera standing in front of the Clintonville Four Wheel Drive factory.
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Elevated View of the Mississippi River

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Description: View of two bridges on the Mississippi River and the working river banks. A number of boats are in the water and cargo is stacked on the shore.
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Mississippi Riverboat Landing

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Description: View from shoreline towards a docked Mississippi riverboat. Passengers are disembarking from the ship, and a large crowd is gathered on shore, with some pe...
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Passenger Steamboats

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Description: View from shoreline of two passenger steamboats on the Mississippi river near Clinton. Several children and adults wait on shore. A tugboat is nearby in th...
Postcard

Clinton Rail Road Station

Date: 1910
Description: Colorized postcard view of the railroad station yard master's tower. Caption reads: "R. R. Station, Clinton, Wis."
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Man Harvesting Corn with Farmall M Tractor

Date: 09 09 1948
Description: View across harvested field towards a man using a wagon and an ensilage harvester drawn by a Farmall M tractor on 132 acre farm of A.W. Reisseeum. In the b...
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Jefferson Prairie Historic Marker

Date: 05 16 1952
Description: Great grandchildren of Ole Knutson Nattestad, the first Norwegian settler in Wisconsin, Sonja Kay and John Carlton, standing with their parents, Mr. and Mr...
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Jefferson Prairie Historic Marker

Date: 05 16 1952
Description: Judge Chester R. Christensen, Rock County Judge, speaking at the dedication ceremony of the Jefferson Prairie Settlement historical marker. Seated behind h...
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Office of W.J. Young & Co. Steam Gang Saw Mill

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Description: Albumen print of the office of the W.J. Young & Co. Steam Gang Saw Mill. Several people are standing on the porch and a nearby wooden structure. A horse-dr...
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Norris Dam

Date: 1934
Description: Elevated, panoramic view of the Norris Dam.
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Norris Dam Under Construction

Date: 1935
Description: An elevated, panoramic view of the construction of the Norris Dam. Portions of the image are labeled.
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Norris Dam

Date: 05 23 1936
Description: Elevated, panoramic view across water towards the Norris Dam. Portions of the image are labeled.
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Norris Dam, Side View

Date: 1937
Description: Elevated, panoramic view of the Norris Dam from the west side of the Clinch River.
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Norris Dam Under Construction (Looking Upstream)

Date: 1935
Description: Panoramic view of the construction of the Norris Dam, looking upstream. On the left the text reads: "West Bank," and on the right it reads: "East Bank."

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