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International Diesel TD-24 Crawler Tractor with Dual Roller

Date: 1948
Description: Color photograph of an International Diesel TD-24 crawler tractor with a sheepsfoot roller used for road construction on the south side of Dorena Lake Dam.
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CUNA Office in Cottage Grove Coop

Date: 02 05 1941
Description: Claire Onsgard, treasurer of the Dane County Farmers Equity Union Coop Credit Union in Cottage Grove showing member Fritz Swenson where to sign his loan ap...
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George Smith, Hermit

Date: 12 31 1934
Description: Portrait of George Smith, hermit, rescued from squalid shack in Cottage Grove, and taken to Dane County home in Verona.
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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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Women Dancing

Date: 03 10 1944
Description: Two sets of twins dance at the recreation center for school pupils at the Cottage Grove Town Hall. Included on the left are Jean and Joan Hanson of Cottage...
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Girls Drinking from Soda Bottles

Date: 03 10 1944
Description: Three girls at the recreational center for school pupils at the Cottage Grove Town Hall drink from Nehi soda bottles.
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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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Cottage Grove Graded School Style Show

Date: 04 24 1946
Description: Group portrait of seven females and one young girl in formals and street dresses from the Emporium Department Store that they modeled in the Cottage Grove ...
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Cottage Grove Grade School Style Show

Date: 04 24 1946
Description: Group portrait of 27 children in the Cottage Grove Grade School Style Show, modeling clothes from the Emporium Department Store. Front row left to right: C...
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Cottage Grove Grade School Style Show

Date: 04 24 1946
Description: Group portrait of seven 9th and 10th grade girls modeling clothing from the Emporium Department Store for the Cottage Grove Grade School Style Show. Left t...
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Cottage Grove Grade School Style Show

Date: 04 24 1946
Description: Group portrait of twenty school children and youth wearing clothing from the Emporium Department Store featured in the Cottage Grove Grade School Style Sho...
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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 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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Reverand Otto Boenki of Queen of Apostles Pallottine Seminary

Date: 11 01 1949
Description: Portrait of the Reverand Otto Boenki, one of the nine priests on the staff of of the new Queen of Apostles Pallottine Seminary, located at 5810 Cottage Gro...
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Business Section

Date: 1928
Description: View across commercial street looking south. Parked at the curb are cars, and driving along the street is a bearded man with a horse and buggy. The shops a...
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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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Dane County Homecrafters

Date: 03 06 1956
Description: Herman Skolas sits in a wheelchair while weaving on his loom as his eight-year-old granddaughter, Deborah Culham of Stoughton, looks on approvingly. Skolas...
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Elijah Swan

Date: 1850
Description: A sixth plate daguerreotype of Elijah Swan. The subject is half length, facing front. He is holding a cane in his right hand, and an unidentified object i...
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Wisconsin Trapshooters Tournament

Date: 07 20 1962
Description: Bill Brauer 111, Fond du Lac, shooting his rifle during the State Trapshooting Tournament. He won the All-Around championship with a 382x400 score.

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