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George Smith's Shack

Date: 12 31 1934
Description: Interior of hermit George Smith's squalid shack, 2 miles southwest of Cottage Grove.
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Old Beecher Tavern

Date: 1935
Description: Tavern in a state of deterioration, with rubble in front. The tavern is partly obscured by an oak tree, and a white house stands behind the tavern.
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Governor Taylor's Farm Home

Date: 02 21 1927
Description: Governor Taylor's farm home. The man standing on the porch is John Killian, owner of the farm when the photograph was taken.
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Governor Taylor's Farm Home in Cottage Grove

Date: 02 21 1927
Description: Governor Taylor's farm home.
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Boys at Youth Club Event

Date: 03 10 1944
Description: Five boys in "stag line" at Cottage Grove Youth Club event in the Town Hall. Left to right are: Rowley Conant, Nora School; Rolly Gausmann, Cottage Grove S...
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National Home Demonstration Week

Date: 04 12 1949
Description: Young homemakers, Caroline Reierson, 615 Dennett Drive, and Arveda Kuhlmey, 713 Dennett Drive, experiment with a new culinary process for cooking meat. The...
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Queen of Apostles Pallottine Seminary Interior

Date: 11 01 1949
Description: Interior view of the new Queen of Apostles Pallottine Seminary, 5810 Cottage Grove Road, showing a classroom that is being used as a chapel.
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Queen of Apostles Pallottine Seminary Classroom

Date: 11 01 1949
Description: Interior view of a high school classroom with students in the new Queen of Apostles Pallottine Seminary, 5810 Cottage Grove Road.
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Queen of Apostles Pallottine Seminary Classroom

Date: 11 01 1949
Description: Reverend Lawrence McCall consults with a student sitting behind a desk inside a classroom at Queen of Apostles Pallottine Seminary.
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Public School

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Description: Exterior of the Cottage Grove Grade School with carved stone plaque. There is an entrance on both ends of the facade.
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Scene in Park

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Description: A group of young women sit on the grass at a park. There is a monument in the park. A man stands near the Cottage Grove train depot in the background.
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Catholic Church

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Description: Exterior of the Catholic Church. There is a cemetery behind the building.

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